,Senate Republican Leadership to Seek Reconsideration of SCHIP Plan That Would Fail To Make Progress In Covering Uninsured Children

Senate Republican Leadership to Seek Reconsideration of SCHIP Plan That Would Fail To Make Progress In Covering Uninsured Children


 

Publication Date: October 2007

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Edwin Park; Matthew Broaddus

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Economic projections; Fiscal future; Health insurance; Economic inequality

Type: Report

Abstract:

In contrast to the bipartisan SCHIP bill the Senate and House approved last month but the President vetoed, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates would cover 3.8 million children who otherwise would be uninsured, the plan that Senator McConnell intends to offer again would not make any progress in reducing the number of uninsured low-income children.