Press Releases

“I want to commend Speaker Pelosi and the U.S. House of Representatives for taking very positive action on behalf of America’s uninsured families as a first item of business in the new Congress. As unemployment rises and more and more families lose access to affordable healthcare coverage, it is essential that the federal government take…

Washington — Ten years of progress on children’s health care coverage is threatened by increasing unemployment, declining state revenues, and a growing affordability gap between family income and the cost of healthcare coverage, according to a report released today by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. “When a parent…

Cindy Mann, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, issued the following statement on President Bush’s veto of legislation reauthorizing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): President Bush’s veto of legislation to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program places political ideology above the urgent need to ensure that children…

WASHINGTON – The Center for Children and Families has released new data on the enrollment experiences of four states that expanded eligibility for their State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in a fact sheet entitled, Putting Out the Welcome Mat: Implications of Coverage Expansions for Already-Eligible Children. The new data indicate that half to two-thirds…

In 2007, the number of uninsured children fell by 500,000 to 8.1 million, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. This progress is a testament to the effectiveness of public programs, which were largely responsible for this movement, and to the strong support nationwide for covering children. In 2006 and…

Washington – More than 93% of West Virginia children participating in Medicaid have faced health benefit restrictions as a result of the state’s penalty-based “Medicaid Redesign” plan according to a study released today by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. West Virginia received federal approval two years ago to…

“I commend this bipartisan group of Senators for working together to overturn the Bush Administration State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) directive. The directive couldn’t have been imposed on the states at a worse time. As more families are experiencing financial hardship, the directive severely limits states’ options to soften the impact of the economic…

Washington — Tens of thousands of children have lost the opportunity of affordable health care coverage under a directive issued by the Bush Administration and more will do so in the months ahead, according to a report released today by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families (CCF). The report is based on a growing…

President Bush’s second veto of bi-partisan State Children’s Health Insurance Program legislation gave 9 million uninsured children a disappointing present this Holiday Season. The veto is a missed opportunity to ensure that 4 million more children have the health care coverage that they need. As the White House is aglow in the spirit of the…

WASHINGTON — Thousands of uninsured children whose states planned to offer them coverage will instead continue to go without coverage as a result of the Bush administration’s Aug. 17 policy directive imposing new federal limits on State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP), and tens of thousands of more children will be affected in the coming…

WASHINGTON — Every day another 2,000 children will join the ranks of the uninsured, adding to the 9 million uninsured children currently without private or public health insurance, according to new data released today by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. The new analysis, American Families Face Harsh Reality: 2,000 Children Join the…

The truth about who’s eligible for State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage has become blurred in the debate to reauthorize SCHIP, with the mythical $83,000 SCHIP family making headlines. The misleading contention that SCHIP covers children at this income level leaves the false impression that SCHIP is a program that no longer focuses on lower…

WASHINGTON — The compromise legislation on the reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program approved by Congress would set SCHIP on a solid path over the next 10 years, according to an analysis released today by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. The legislation would allow states to continue their efforts to…

Cindy Mann, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, issued the following statement on the release of a State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) conference agreement. Putting America’s children first, House and Senate negotiators have produced a SCHIP conference agreement that will ensure that millions more children have the health care…

WASHINGTON — After years of success in covering more of America’s children, new Census Bureau data released today show that the number of uninsured children has increased for the second consecutive year and has hit a new high, according to the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. In 2006, the number of uninsured children…

Children were well served by their political leaders this week. Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate voted to approve legislation to reauthorize the SCHIP program and ensure that millions more of America’s children will have the health care coverage that they need. Read the Full Statement

Cindy Mann, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, issued the following statement on the release of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 (H.R. 3162) to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman’s bill…

WASHINGTON — The vast majority of American voters strongly support extending State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) coverage to more uninsured children, according to a nationwide poll released today by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. This is the first poll to ask voters about much debated issues –– such as covering parents and…