The Battle over SCHIP

The New England Journal of Medicine by John K. Iglehart | Sep. 6, 2007 (Special Report)

Reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which was considered a routine matter until recently because of the program's success in expanding coverage to children of the working poor, has become embroiled in a larger struggle over ideologies that divide the political parties. The immediate battle to reauthorize SCHIP, for which the legal mandate expires on September 30, will resume this fall as Democrats, who command the ... Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 1, 2008

A thorough story, primarily from the point of view of the physician, but with comments from frustrated Republicans and others, on the legislation currently working its way through Congress that could provide increased health care coverage for children, as well as possibly (only in the House version!) provide realistic payment for physicians, especially increasing coverage for primary care and preventive services. As a family physician, I would have preferred some coverage of the stress on primary care physicians offices under the system as it is, with increased stress from the threat of decreased payments. Still, the story, from arguably the most prestigious medical journal in the world, is outstanding.

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