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. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leading child health organizations — the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), March of Dimes, and the National Association of Children’s Hospitals — joined the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families today to release a report that identifies key issues that must be addressed in reauthorizing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program […]
WASHINGTON—Building on the success of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, Congress has several tools at its disposal to move further ahead on child health coverage, Lisa Dubay, a research and policy adviser at the Center for Children and Families, said today at a congressional hearing. Read the Full Release
