Comments on: SCHIP Reauthorization: Federalism As Jujitsu http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/24/schip-reauthorization-federalism-as-jujitsu/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:42 -0500 hourly 1 By: REFORM: Musings On SiCKO, July 4th, And Visions Of America | Life Means Health ! http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/24/schip-reauthorization-federalism-as-jujitsu/comment-page-1/#comment-6050 REFORM: Musings On SiCKO, July 4th, And Visions Of America | Life Means Health ! Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:59:50 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/24/schip-reauthorization-federalism-as-jujitsu/#comment-6050 [...] The great political battle of the summer is where we draw the lines in the increasingly murky divide between private and public. Private insurance has been both declining and growing more costly. How do we as a country address the decline and the costs? The SCHIP reauthorization is but a battle in this debate, but hopefully not one portending a war. SCHIP has combined aspects of federal, state, and private support in extending the safety net to poor but not impoverished children and at times their parents. The question before Congress for the summer is, Do we pull back from where SCHIP has taken many states, providing health insurance to kids and sometimes parents whose family incomes are over 200 percent of the federal poverty level? Or do we continue as a country to provide for our neediest citizens, even if they are not our poorest, making health insurance available in a uniquely American mix of federal, state, and private sources? [...] [...] The great political battle of the summer is where we draw the lines in the increasingly murky divide between private and public. Private insurance has been both declining and growing more costly. How do we as a country address the decline and the costs? The SCHIP reauthorization is but a battle in this debate, but hopefully not one portending a war. SCHIP has combined aspects of federal, state, and private support in extending the safety net to poor but not impoverished children and at times their parents. The question before Congress for the summer is, Do we pull back from where SCHIP has taken many states, providing health insurance to kids and sometimes parents whose family incomes are over 200 percent of the federal poverty level? Or do we continue as a country to provide for our neediest citizens, even if they are not our poorest, making health insurance available in a uniquely American mix of federal, state, and private sources? [...]

]]> By: REFORM: Musings On SICKO, July 4th And Visions Of America | Life Means Health ! http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/24/schip-reauthorization-federalism-as-jujitsu/comment-page-1/#comment-6042 REFORM: Musings On SICKO, July 4th And Visions Of America | Life Means Health ! Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:25:03 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/24/schip-reauthorization-federalism-as-jujitsu/#comment-6042 [...] The great political battle of the summer is where we draw the lines in the increasingly murky divide between private and public. Private insurance has both been declining and growing more costly. How do we as a country address the decline and the costs? The SCHIP reauthorization is but a battle in this debate, but hopefully not one portending a war. SCHIP has combined aspects of federal, state, and private support in extending the safety net to poor but not impoverished children and at times their parents. The question before Congress for the summer is do we pull back from where SCHIP has taken many states, providing health insurance to kids and sometimes parents whose family incomes are over 200 percent of the federal poverty level? Or do we continue as a country to provide for our neediest citizens, even if they are not our poorest, making health insurance available in a uniquely American mix of federal, state, and private sources? [...] [...] The great political battle of the summer is where we draw the lines in the increasingly murky divide between private and public. Private insurance has both been declining and growing more costly. How do we as a country address the decline and the costs? The SCHIP reauthorization is but a battle in this debate, but hopefully not one portending a war. SCHIP has combined aspects of federal, state, and private support in extending the safety net to poor but not impoverished children and at times their parents. The question before Congress for the summer is do we pull back from where SCHIP has taken many states, providing health insurance to kids and sometimes parents whose family incomes are over 200 percent of the federal poverty level? Or do we continue as a country to provide for our neediest citizens, even if they are not our poorest, making health insurance available in a uniquely American mix of federal, state, and private sources? [...]

]]> By: Health Care BS http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/24/schip-reauthorization-federalism-as-jujitsu/comment-page-1/#comment-2390 Health Care BS Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:22:40 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/24/schip-reauthorization-federalism-as-jujitsu/#comment-2390 <strong>SCHIP: Beware of Democrats Bearing Gifts</strong> The WSJ opinion page outs the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for what is, a Trojan horse for government-run health care: What began as a hard-cap grant to cover the working poor is evolving into an open-ended entitlement … Instead of deb... SCHIP: Beware of Democrats Bearing Gifts

The WSJ opinion page outs the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for what is, a Trojan horse for government-run health care:
What began as a hard-cap grant to cover the working poor is evolving into an open-ended entitlement … Instead of deb…

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