Press Releases

Bush Policy “Out of Touch” with Children’s Health Care Needs

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 […]

Families Face Harsh Reality: 2,000 Children Join the Uninsured Each Day

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 […]

CCF Fact Sheet: $83,000 SCHIP Family Doesn’t Exist

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 […]

CCF Reviews Contents of SCHIP Reauthorization Bill

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 […]