Health Affairs

Now that it’s September and Congress is back in session, it’s time to prepare for the September policy showdown on reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Last month Health Affairs Blog invited policy experts with wide-ranging views to set out the hot-button issues–such as the tobacco tax funding mechanism–and explain the politics. These posts were among the most read in August and will continue to be relevant as the debate heats up here in Washington. Continued comments on these and any other posts are always welcome.

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1. SCHIP: A Falsely Politicized Debate
   by Sara Rosenbaum
2. P4P: Performing For Pay In UK Primary Care
   by Bruce Guthrie
3. SCHIP: September Showdown
   by Grace-Marie Turner
4. INSURANCE: Big Jump In Number Of Uninsured Americans
   by Jane Hiebert-White
5. SCHIP: It’s Not Just About The Children
   by Nina Owcharenko
6. OBESITY: Is Britain’s “Fat Tax” A Good Idea?
   by Jonathan Gardner
7. SCHIP: How Can SCHIP And Medicaid Reach More Eligible Children?
   by Stan Dorn and Anna Sommers
8. SCHIP: Analyzing The Insurance Program’s Hot-Button Issues
   by Sarah Dine
9. REDESIGNING CARE: Jamie Robinson Interviews Virginia Mason CEO Gary Kaplan
   by James C. Robinson and Gary S. Kaplan
10. CHILDREN: The Dueling SCHIP Numbers
    by Sarah Dine

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