July 16, 2008
SCHIP Reauthorization: Preparing for Another Round in Congress
By Dennis G. Smith
(WebMemo #1994)
In the coming weeks, Congress may once again debate the reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). By doing so, Congressional leaders would ...
February 12, 2008
The President's Proposals for Medicaid and SCHIP: One Step Forward, One Step Back
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1806)
Congress should embrace the President's proposals for Medicaid but reject the increase in SCHIP spending.
December 6, 2007
Expanding SCHIP: Not the Best Option for States
By Edmund F. Haislmaier and Greg D’Angelo
(WebMemo #1725)
The congressional proposal to expand eligibility for SCHIP would aggravate budget challenges that state governments will face in the coming years.
December 3, 2007
The SCHIP Bill: Why the Premium Assistance Provisions Won’t Work
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1717)
Congress should create a premium assistance program that empowers parents to make decisions for their children with regard to health care coverage.
December 3, 2007
The SCHIP Negotiations: A Backdoor Approach to Expanding Medicaid to the Middle Class?
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1716)
Congress must prevent the expansion of welfare into the middle class by capping eligibility for both SCHIP and Medicaid.
December 3, 2007
SCHIP Expansion: More Birth Control for Minors, Less Involvement by Parents
By Daniel Patrick Moloney
(WebMemo #1715)
This legislation would help make contraception available to millions of children while prohibiting doctors and schools from informing the children’s parents.
December 3, 2007
SCHIP Bill Increases Illegal Immigrants' Access to Medicaid and Undermines Welfare Reform
By Robert E. Rector
(WebMemo #1714)
The SCHIP reauthorization bill increases opportunities for welfare fraud.
November 28, 2007
Health Care Tax Credits: The Best Way to Advance Affordability, Choice, and Coverage
By Greg D'Angelo
(WebMemo #1711)
Health care tax credits coupled with other state reforms would go a long way toward improving affordability and reducing the ranks of the uninsured.
November 7, 2007
No Way Out: The Fruitless SCHIP Negotiations
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1698)
Efforts to reach a compromise on SCHIP are unlikely to resolve the fundamental problems with the House bill.
November 2, 2007
SCHIP Will Not Improve Quality of Kids' Health Care
By John S. O’Shea, M.D.
(WebMemo #1687)
SCHIP has not performed well in terms of stable coverage, access to primary care and preventive services, and the quality of care.
October 30, 2007
The More Children, More Choices Act of 2007: Middle-Class Tax Relief for Families with Kids
By Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1681)
Congress has a chance to accomplish the same level of health coverage without disrupting the existing coverage of families with children.
October 29, 2007
The Revised SCHIP Bill: Still Bad Health Policy
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1680)
The new version does not correct the deficiencies of the original.
October 1, 2007
SCHIP Plus a Tax Credit: A Compromise Health Insurance Plan for Kids
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D. and Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1652)
Congress should fashion a bipartisan compromise that aims to expand coverage for the uninsured while preserving coverage for families that already have it.
September 24, 2007
SCHIP: Crafting a Better Compromise to Cover Kids
By Nina Owcharenko and Stuart Butler
(WebMemo #1635)
House and Senate leaders should negotiate a more balanced compromise that aims to expand access to private health coverage for uninsured children.
September 20, 2007
Why Families Should Be Concerned about SCHIP
By Connie Marshner
(WebMemo #1630)
Congress should keep SCHIP focused on uninsured children from low-income families and broaden the options available to middle-income families whose children are uninsured.
September 19, 2007
SCHIP and "Crowd-Out": The High Cost of Expanding Eligibility
By Paul L. Winfree and Greg D'Angelo
(WebMemo #1627)
Expanding SCHIP to cover children in higher income families is not an efficient or cost-effective way to reduce the number of uninsured children.
August 29, 2007
The House SCHIP Bill: Enlisting States as Agents of Government Dependency
By Cheryl S. Smith
(WebMemo #1593)
For the sake of taxpayers and the truly needy, Congress must reject budget gimmicks that will turn SCHIP into a permanent, open-ended entitlement program.
August 27, 2007
The Administration's SCHIP Regulations: A Sound Prescription
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1591)
The Bush Administration moves to restore SCHIP's focus on low-income children.
August 14, 2007
Expanding SCHIP Will Challenge State Finances: A State-by-State Analysis
By Greg D’Angelo, Michelle C. Bucci, and Marcus Newland
(WebMemo #1586)
State-by-state numbers on how Congress's SCHIP expansion plans would hit state budgets.
August 1, 2007
The House SCHIP Bill: Cutting Medicare, Undercutting Private Coverage, and Expanding Dependency
By Cheryl Smith with Robert E. Moffit
(WebMemo #1580)
Congress should stake out an entirely different policy that centers on reaffirming the original intent of the law, expanding private coverage, and preserving choice for ...
July 31, 2007
Health Care Tax Credits: The Right Prescription for Expanded Health Care Coverage
By JD Foster
(WebMemo #1579)
Expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program would be a step toward a government-run health care system. Instead, Congress should consider tax policy changes that ...
July 30, 2007
Senate SCHIP Bill Makes a Mockery of PAYGO Budget Rules
By Brian M. Riedl
(WebMemo #1576)
Turning their backs on a campaign promise, Senate Democrats have proposed a bill that would put into motion $60 billion in new deficit spending over ...
July 30, 2007
Beyond SCHIP: A Serious Proposal to Reduce Uninsurance
By Robert E. Moffit, Ph.d.
(WebMemo #1577)
A bold and innovative proposal would reduce the number of uninsured by an estimated 24 million by eliminating the unfairness of the federal tax treatment ...
July 23, 2007
Redesigning SCHIP to Strengthen Private Health Insurance for Working Families
By Nina Owcharenko and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1564)
A proposal from the Senate Finance Committee to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program would displace private health care coverage. In legislation to reauthorize ...
July 16, 2007
The Phantom Economic Benefits of SCHIP Expansion
By JD Foster, Ph.D., and Michael Lumley
(WebMemo #1557)
An advocacy group's study showing economic gains from SCHIP expansion is based on faulty premises.
July 11, 2007
22 Million New Smokers Needed: Funding SCHIP Expansion with a Tobacco Tax
By Michelle C. Bucci and William W. Beach
(WebMemo #1548)
Rather than making SCHIP dependent on increasing the number of smokers, Congress should refrain from narrow government program expansions and work on a broader strategy ...
July 9, 2007
Expanding SCHIP into AMT Territory: SCHIP Plan Would Extend Welfare to Wealthy Families
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
(WebMemo #1546)
A proposed expansion of the children's health care program would provide subsidies to families so wealthy that they pay the AMT.
July 9, 2007
SCHIP Reauthorization: Congress Should Beware of Creating a New Entitlement
By Nicola Moore and JD Foster, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1540)
Congress ought to focus on addressing the entitlement spending problem it has already created. Expanding yet another federal healthcare program would be reckless, risky, and ...
June 27, 2007
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: High Stakes for American Families
By Connie Marshner and Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1528)
Congress must strengthen private sector options in SCHIP to reduce dependency on government, restore parental responsibility, and protect taxpayers.
June 21, 2007
SCHIP and "Crowd-Out": How Public Program Expansion Reduces Private Coverage
By Andrew M. Grossman and Greg D'Angelo
(WebMemo #1518)
As Congress considers expanding SCHIP up the income ladder, it should recognize that throwing more money into the program will increasingly "crowd out" private funding ...
May 24, 2007
Children's Health: SCHIP Should Not Become a Welfare Entitlement
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1473)
To protect taxpayers and preserve private sector aspects of the program, Congress must prevent the State Children's Health Insurance Program from morphing into an extension ...
May 22, 2007
Reforming SCHIP: Using Premium Assistance to Expand Coverage
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1466)
Rather than displacing private coverage with a government-run plan, Congress should empower families to make their own health care decisions and set the stage for ...
May 21, 2007
The Future of SCHIP: Family Freedom or Government Control?
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1464)
Expanding SCHIP eligibility would be a big mistake, chipping away at private coverage and placing a great burden on taxpayers.
May 2, 2007
Fixing SCHIP and Expanding Children's Health Care Coverage
By Nina Owcharenko
(Backgrounder #2029)
Instead of moving the State Children’s Health Insurance Program closer to becoming an entitlement, increasing the fiscal burden on the states and taxpayers and crowding ...
March 5, 2007
The Truth About SCHIP Shortfalls
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1381)
Congress should resist rewarding states that have ignored SCHIP's intent and exceeded its scope.
March 5, 2007
Health Insurance for Uninsured Children: Doing Health Care Right
By Nina Owcharenko
(Heritage Lecture #997)
The lack of health insurance among children is important, as it is for all uninsured. Policy for children should be family-oriented, and one of the ...
February 7, 2007
The President's Budget: Improving Medicaid and SCHIP
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1348)
The President’s budget for Medicaid and SCHIP provides policymakers with a rational and positive roadmap for the future for these programs.
December 5, 2006
Keeping the State Children's Health Care Program Focused on Federal Objectives
By Nina Owcharenko
(Heritage Lecture #980)
During the upcoming SCHIP reauthorization debate, federal lawmakers have the responsibility to evaluate both the effectiveness of the program's funding and the soundness of the ...
SCHIP Reauthorization: Preparing for Another Round in Congress 
July 8, 2008
