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 ...

THE State Children’s Health Insurance Program is set to expire on Sept. 30. Un fortunately, neither side in Washington seems to have considered letting this SCHIP die. Under SCHIP, the taxpayers fund ...

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.

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 barrage starts in their home districts, where the Democratic campaign committee is already producing ads and robocalls proclaiming that GOP congressmen don’t care about children’s health. It ...

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 ...

Delivering health care to the uninsured hasn't been a very visible issue in Congress since the failure of Hillary Clinton's massive and cumbersome reform scheme in 1994. But it's about to come back.

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 ...

The State Children's Health Insurance Program was supposed to be the MVP of various health care policy initiatives in 2007. SCHIP reauthorization, featured widely in conferences, at meetings, and on ...

When SCHIP turned five years old this fall, the celebrations were joyous. Here was a federal-state partnership--the State Child Health Insurance Program--that could boast of bottom-line success: The ...

Campaign contributions aren’t the only way to make nice with the people in charge. You can help to push bills that congressional leaders support even if the measures have little effect on your own ...