Published online June 1, 2007
PEDIATRICS Vol. 119 No. 6 June 2007, pp. 1224-1228 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007-0886)
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POLICY STATEMENT

State Children's Health Insurance Program Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Recommendations

Committee on Child Health Financing

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.

Key Words: SCHIP • Medicaid • reauthorization • uninsured • health insurance

Abbreviations: SCHIP—State Children's Health Insurance Program • AAP—American Academy of Pediatrics • FPL—federal poverty level


The following policy statement has been revised:

Implementation Principles and Strategies for the State Children's Health Insurance Program

Pediatrics 107: 1214-1220. [Full Text]