CBO Estimates President's SCHIP Proposal Would Lead to Large Enrollment Declines and Funding Shortfalls

Publication Date: March 2007

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

Author(s): Edwin Park; Matthew Broaddus

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Economic projections; Income diversity; Economic inequality; Health insurance

Type: Report

Abstract:

The CBO estimates of the Administration’s SCHIP budget proposal are similar to estimates previously issued by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The CBO estimates demonstrate that the Administration’s proposal provides substantially less federal funding than states will need just to sustain their existing SCHIP programs, let alone to expand coverage to more low-income children who are uninsured.