State Children's Health Insurance Program achievements, challenges, and policy recommendations.

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Health Financing; Wegner, Steve; McManus, Margaret · Pediatrics · 2007

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Abstract

This policy statement reviews the impressive progress of the State Children's Health Insurance Program since its enactment in 1997 and identifies outstanding challenges and state and federal policy recommendations. The American Academy of Pediatrics urges Congress to reauthorize SCHIP to strengthen its historic gains. The following set of recommended strategies for reauthorization pertain to funding, eligibility and enrollment, coverage, cost sharing, payment and provider-network capacity, and quality performance.

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