Statement: Robert Greenstein on the New Congressional SCHIP Agreement


 

Publication Date: September 2007

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

Author(s): Robert Greenstein

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Economic projections; Federal budget; Health insurance; Economic inequality

Type: Report

Abstract:

Today’s agreement would extend health coverage to several million low-income uninsured children, a major accomplishment. Contrary to White House rhetoric, the bulk of the children who would gain coverage are poor and near-poor children who are uninsured, not middle-income children with private coverage.