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An Electronic Briefing Book


Tab 12
SCHIP 101 and Reauthorization Issues

[Speakers]

    Alan Weil, JD, Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy
    "SCHIP 101"
    (PDF of PowerPoint Presentation)

    Chris Peterson, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division, Congressional Research Service
    "Federal SCHIP Financing and Shortfalls"
    (PDF of PowerPoint Presentation)

[Session Chairs]

    Becky Shipp, Health Policy Advisor (R), Senate Committee on Finance

    Alice Weiss, JD, Health Policy Advisor (D), Senate Committee on Finance

[Briefing Materials]

  • "The Basics: SCHIP"
    Jennifer Ryan, National Health Policy Forum, February 6, 2007; available at www.nhpf.org/pdfs_basics/Basics_SCHIP.pdf
  • "State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): A Brief Overview"
    Elicia J. Herz and Chris L. Peterson, Congressional Research Service (CRS), updated January 30, 2007; available only to congressional staff through CRS, order code RL30473, from www.crs.gov
  • "SCHIP Financing: Funding Projections and State Redistribution Issues"
    Chris L. Peterson, CRS, updated May 8, 2006; available only to congressional staff through CRS, order code RL32807, from www.crs.gov
  • "A Decade of SCHIP Experience and Issues for Reauthorization"
    Kaiser Commission on the Uninsured, January 2007; available at www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7574-2.pdf
  • "SCHIP Program Enrollment: June 2005 Update"
    Kaiser Commission on the Uninsured, Publication 7607, December 2006; available at www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7607.pdf

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