Administration News - President Bush Renews Veto Threat of SCHIP Expansion Legislation President Bush on Wednesday restated his intention to veto legislation that would reauthorize and expand SCHIP, McClatchy/Contra Costa Times reports (Hall, McClatchy/Contra Costa Times, 8/9). Senate legislation, approved last week, would reauthorize SCHIP and increase the federal cigarette tax by 61 cents pe www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=46779

2007-08-09

Capitol Hill Watch - Democrats Launch Ad Campaign Urging Republicans To Support SCHIP Expansion The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Monday launched a radio advertisement and automated telephone campaign in the districts of five Republican House members to criticize their votes against legislation that would expand SCHIP, the Washington Times reports. The radio ad campaign targets Reps. J www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=46897

2007-08-15

Administration News - President Bush Vetoes SCHIP Reauthorization and Expansion Legislation President Bush on Wednesday vetoed legislation that would have reauthorized SCHIP and expanded enrollment in the program to an additional four million children, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (Loven, AP/Houston Chronicle, 10/3). House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=47945

2007-10-03

Coverage & Access - Expanding SCHIP to All U.S. Children Likely Would Lead to Some Reduction in Private Health Coverage, According to CBO Director For every 100 children who enrolled in SCHIP, there was a corresponding reduction of between 25 and 50 in private health insurance enrollment, according to a report released Thursday by the Congressional Budget Office, CQ Today reports (Wayne, CQ Today, 5/10). CBO Director Peter Orszag said expanding SCHIP t www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=44860

2007-05-11

Administration News - President Bush Vetoes SCHIP Reauthorization and Expansion Legislation for Second Time President Bush on Wednesday vetoed legislation that would have reauthorized and expanded SCHIP, the New York Times reports. Lawmakers sent Bush the bill 10 days ago, and he had until Wednesday to veto it or allow it to become law (Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 12/13). The legislation (HR 3963) would have exp www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=49391

2007-12-13

Administration News - Bush Administration Outlines New SCHIP Standards That Would Keep Program Limited to Low-Income Children The Bush administration in a letter to state lawmakers on Friday outlined new standards for SCHIP enrollment that aim to limit coverage to the lowest-income children, the New York Times reports. The new guidelines state that before expanding SCHIP eligibility to children in families with incomes greater than www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=47003

2007-08-21

Capitol Hill Watch - Advocates for SCHIP Expansion Look to Next Year as Democrats, Republicans Disagree Over Ability To Pass Legislation This Session Advocates of reauthorizing and expanding SCHIP 'are warily training their eyes on next year with a mix of anticipation and anxiety' as it seems unlikely that there will be another vote on the legislation during the current congressional session, CongressDaily reports (Edney, CongressDaily, 9/15). Congression www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=54453

2008-09-15

Capitol Hill Watch - Senators Propose SCHIP Expansion That Would Double Program Funding Over Five Years Sens. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) on Thursday introduced a bill (S 1224) that would reauthorize and expand SCHIP to cover six million additional children over the next 10 years, CongressDaily reports (CongressDaily, 4/26). The legislation would allow states to enroll in SCHIP child www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=44553

2007-04-27

Capitol Hill Watch - House Democrats Likely Will Support SCHIP Compromise Bill Some House Democrats are 'unhappy with concessions their leaders are proposing to make' on compromise SCHIP legislation, including on spending and Medicare revisions, but they likely will not oppose the final bill, CQ Today reports (Wayne, CQ Today, 9/17). The draft compromise bill, announced on Sunday, clos www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=47578

2007-09-18

State Watch - Texas Rep. Proposes Legislation To Increase SCHIP Enrollment State Rep. John Davis (R) on Tuesday introduced a bill (HB 2049) that would ease SCHIP enrollment restrictions imposed by lawmakers in 2003, the Houston Chronicle reports. The state Legislature in 2003 passed legislation that shortened the SCHIP enrollment period from one year to six months and included a st www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=43323

2007-03-02