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The SCHIP Reauthorization Debate

Few issues are as critical as providing health care to children in this country. To address children’s access to health care both houses of Congress passed legislation reauthorizing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) last month. Details of the final compromise legislation are yet to come. SCHIP is a program which Congress implemented in 1997 to provide health coverage to low-income children in families with no access to affordable coverage but with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid. It is set to expire in September and Congress has been working to renew and improve the program. Throughout the debate, however, numerous false, misleading and counterproductive arguments have been made concerning the program and the proposed improvements. This paper addresses those misconceptions and falsehoods being advanced by the opposition.

Released September 2007

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