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SCHIP at a Glance

  • SCHIP currently covers more than 6.6 million children nationwide.
  • Since it was enacted in 1997, the number of uninsured children has declined by 24 percent.
  • Uninsured kids are three times less likely to visit a doctor over the course of a year, and more than half of all uninsured kids did not have a “well-child” checkup in the past year—more than double the rate of kids with insurance.

For information on SCHIP:

Visit the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation :: www.covertheuninsured.org

Contact Congress:

Take action and let your Congressional Representative know you want them to back the SCHIP legislation. Write Congress

 

 

PILMA
Pharmaceutical Industry
Labor-Management Association.
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Phone: 703-548-4721
Fax: 703-548-4097

 
 

State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

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SCHIP Extension Signed

On December 29, 2007, President Bush signed legislation that will provide funding for SCHIP through March 2009. The extension is expected to provide enough funds to cover children currently enrolled in the program.


Democrats, who were unable to reach a compromise with Republicans on a long-term reauthorization of the program, have said that they will continue to negotiate with GOP leaders. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that Democrats will not stop "until 10 million children receive the health care coverage they deserve."

States Unlikely To Expand SCHIP Programs Under Stopgap Funding Measure
Republican and Democratic lawmakers say that they will try to reach a compromise on a long-term reauthorization of SCHIP. Differences over who should get coverage have clearly narrowed over the past months ... differences over how to pay for expansion remain considerable," according to the AP/Herald-Leader.

Congress last month approved a continuing resolution that will maintain coverage for current beneficiaries, after Bush twice vetoed large spending increases proposed by Democrats. The modest spending increase has scuttled plans by several states to expand health coverage.

Democrats also were unable to rescind guidelines issued by the Bush administration in August 2007 that require states to enroll at least 95% of eligible low-income children before expanding eligibility to children in families with higher incomes. The policy directive will impact about half the states. Cindy Mann, executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, said that the rule is "definitely a step backward from where we started in 2007," adding, "We would have seen growth in the program. We're not going to see that growth, and by August, we'll start to see a ratcheting down."

 

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23.08.07 :: PILMA Resolution in Support of State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Whereas The Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA) regards the health of our children to be of paramount importance to the families in our country; and

PILMA considers protecting the health of our children to be essential to the well-being of our youngest citizens and the quality of life in our country; and

PILMA considers the SCHIP program to be an integral part of the health care system for children; and

PILMA recognizes the value of the SCHIP program in preserving child wellness, preventing and treating childhood disease, improving health outcomes, and reducing overall health costs; and

PILMA considers the federal funding available for the SCHIP program to be indispensable to providing health benefits for uninsured children; and

Now Therefore be it Resolved

That PILMA urges Members of Congress to support timely reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and to assure federal funding for the SCHIP program;

That PILMA urges the country’s Governors to use their best efforts to provide meaningful assistance to help identify and enroll children who qualify for Medicaid or the SCHIP program; and

Finally that PILMA proclaims that all components of each state government should work together with educators, health care providers, social workers and parents to ensure that all available public and private assistance for providing health benefits to uninsured children in each state be used to the maximum extent possible.
   
 
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