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 ...

While Washington has been deadlocked over reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), many governors and state policymakers have actively supported Congress not only ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In one of its first actions of the new year, The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program by a 289-139 margin. Last year, Congress passed the ...

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 ...

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 ...