Press Releases

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.…

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

WASHINGTON—Georgetown University Health Policy Institute researchers Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley released the first in a series of issue briefs evaluating the implementation of Florida’s experimental Medicaid waiver program. Funded primarily by the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund, the evaluation is the only comprehensive examination of the Medicaid pilot program that is funded independently of the…

WASHINGTON—As the 10-year anniversary of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program approaches, Congress will have an opportunity to build on the success that SCHIP, in partnership with Medicaid, has had in decreasing the uninsured rate of lowincome children. “Of all our health care reform efforts, covering children has been resoundingly successful and efficient. Since 1997,…

Children will be put at risk of losing basic and essential health services under a new West Virginia Medicaid initiative, according to an analysis released today by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. West Virginia is one of the first states in the country to make significant changes to…

Washington — The devastating impact of proposed Medicaid changes on America’s most vulnerable citizens was demonstrated today as families and children living with chronic diseases and/or disabilities testified to the vital role Medicaid plays in their lives. At the event, co-sponsored by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute (CCF)…

Together, Medicaid and SCHIP have reduced the uninsure d rate of lowincome children by one-thi rd, yet new report cautions that debated program changes, cost-cutting me asures imperil these successes Washington, D.C. – On the eve of the 40th anniversary of Medicaid, and in the midst of ongoing debate about its future, the Center for…

Washington, D.C. – Amid high-profile debate on the future of Medicaid, the new Center for Children and Families (CCF) launched today. CCF is uniquely focused on developing and disseminating research, strategies and ideas to improve the health of America’s low- and moderate income children and families. Read the Full Release