Cindy Mann, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, issued the following statement on the release of the Senate Finance Committee chairman’ s proposal to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): The release of the Senate Finance Committee Chairman’s proposal to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program sends […]
The Bush administration’s new estimates on the number of uninsured children are inconsistent with the facts, the reality of states grappling to provide coverage to uninsured children, and the need for strong federal action on SCHIP reauthorization. Some nine million children in the United States lack health care coverage, according to commonly-cited, respected sources. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report by the Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) confirms that state governments are taking strong steps to strengthen and expand children’s health coverage, but quick supportive action by Congress is critical to the success of these efforts. The report, Children’s Health Coverage: States Moving Forward, released by CCF […]
WASHINGTON—A Center for Children and Families study released today in the March/April issue of Health Affairs shows Medicaid’s central role in reducing the uninsurance rate for children. Between 1997 and 2005, children’s uninsurance rate dropped from 22.3 percent to 14.9 percent. Although SCHIP alone often is cited as the reason for these improvements, new CCF […]
WASHINGTON – President Bush’s fiscal year 2008 budget proposal is out of touch with voters’ priorities for children and families, according to survey results released today by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. As Congress prepares to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program this year, the president’s budget misses an important opportunity to […]
WASHINGTON –- The key issue facing Congress as it prepares to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program will be ensuring that the program receives sufficient federal funding to build on SCHIP’s successful track record, Cindy Mann, executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, said today at a congressional hearing. […]
