Financing Health Coverage: The State Children's Health Insurance Program Experience


 

Publication Date: February 2005

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: SCHIP; Health Financing

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

While SCHIP has had widespread support and success in helping to provide coverage for uninsured children, its capped financing system has also created challenges for states, including inequities among states and projected federal funding shortfalls. This issue brief explores three basic sets of issues associated with SCHIP’s funding structure.Â