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Publication Date: May 2007
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Nina Owcharenko
Research Area: Health
Keywords: Health care; entitlement; children; medicaid
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Instead of moving the State Children's Health Insurance Program closer to becoming an entitlement, increasing the fiscal burden on the states and taxpayers and crowding out existing private coverage for working families, policymakers should establish a responsible system of program financing, set rational eligibility rules, broaden flexibility in health benefit design, and promote private coverage alternatives.