WebMemo posted May 22, 2007 by Nina Owcharenko
Reforming SCHIP: Using Premium Assistance to Expand Coverage
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), jointly
financed by the federal and state governments but administered by
the states, should focus on transitioning eligible lower-income
children into private, family coverage. Unfortunately, the current
structure of SCHIP displaces private coverage instead of
strengthening it. In the upcoming reauthorization of…
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Infographic Created on June 15, 2007
SCHIP: No Child Left Off Welfare
Welfare for the Well-Off?
Congress soon may turn a program meant to help low-income kids
into a new taxpayer-funded entitlement for the middle class.
Proposed changes could make nearly three out of every four American
children eligible to receive "free" government-run health care.
At issue is a new…
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Backgrounder posted May 15, 2008 by Sven Larson
Federal Funds and State Fiscal Independence
As President Ronald Reagan reminded the American people in his 1981 inaugural address, the U.S. Constitution separates government powers so that the voters can hold government officials accountable. Government power is separated both horizontally among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches and vertically among the federal, state, and local…
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