,SCHIP and "Crowd-Out": How Public Program Expansion Reduces Private Coverage

SCHIP and "Crowd-Out": How Public Program Expansion Reduces Private Coverage


 

Publication Date: June 2007

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Andrew M. Grossman; Greg D'Angelo

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Health care; expansion; insurance; public

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

As Congress considers expanding SCHIP up the income ladder, it should recognize that throwing more money into the program will increasingly "crowd out" private funding and coverage while doing less to expand overall coverage.