The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), jointly financed by the federal and state governments but administered by the states, should focus on transitioning eligible lower-income ...

Dr. John O’Shea addressed the pressing physician payment and doctor practice issues in the health sector as senior fellow at Heritage. Continuing its effort to override President Bush's veto, Congress ...

The Senate Finance Committee mark-up of the SCHIP reauthorization bill features a compromise increase of $35 billion for five years. The Bush administration requested a $5 billion increase, and the ...

Every American should have access to basic, affordable health insurance. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is an essential tool for making that possible and should be reauthorized.

Everyone but the Bush administration knows that efficient, effective, and fiscally responsible SCHIP just makes sense. The House will vote on whether to override President Bush’s veto of the State ...

One of the hallmarks of SCHIP (the State Children’s Health Insurance Program) has been state flexibility and innovation. Many advocates for children did not warmly embrace the original legislation ...

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was established in 1997 as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA). In conjunction with Medicaid, SCHIP has helped to reduce the number of ...

The president's veto of a bill that would have given states an additional $35 billion for SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, has caused many to be concerned about the future of ...

In January, Congress tried and failed for the second time to override President Bush’s veto of a Democratic proposal to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), a 10-year-old ...

America’s kids may be out of school for summer, but the Senate will take a big test this month. The task of renewing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) will measure our commitment ...

For the second time, President Bush has vetoed a major expansion of the children's health insurance program, making it clear that the debate will linger as a political issue throughout 2008. Democrats ...