,SCHIP and "Crowd-Out": The High Cost of Expanding Eligibility

SCHIP and "Crowd-Out": The High Cost of Expanding Eligibility


 

Publication Date: September 2007

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

Author(s): Paul L. Winfree; Greg D'Angelo

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Health care; coverage; children; insurance

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Expanding SCHIP to cover children in higher income families is not an efficient or cost-effective way to reduce the number of uninsured children.