tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 11

SCHIP: SCHIP Funding Could Run Out Before Reauthorization

Without a funding increase, 1.3 million children will lose their health insurance.While Washington's talking heads reaffirm their commitment to extending the State Children's Health Insurance Program's (SCHIP) viability, their inaction could leave otherwise uninsured children without medical care as early as May 2007, according to a new study. Projections indicate that 14 to 17 states will face SCHIP funding shortfalls before the end of 2007; legislation passed late in 2006 partially addressed those needs by reallocating a $6 billion surplus in federal funds, but that resource will run dry by May, leaving children in those states...

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