,Redesigning SCHIP to Strengthen Private Health Insurance for Working Families

Redesigning SCHIP to Strengthen Private Health Insurance for Working Families


 

Publication Date: July 2007

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

Author(s): Nina Owcharenko; Robert E. Moffit

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Health care; enrollment; Tax Reform; Baucus

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

A proposal from the Senate Finance Committee to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program would displace private health care coverage. In legislation to reauthorize SCHIP, Congress should include tax reform and other measures that address the fundamental problems in the health care system.