Health Care Reform

Health Care Reform

The House of Representatives recently passed a major SCHIP expansion and removed any provision to protect private coverage. Among many other provisions, the House bill would extend the program to target children in families with annual incomes of $66,150, and in some cases even higher. In other words, the House version of the bill would expand the program beyond low-income working families far into the middle class.

When the Senate considers the House legislation or a companion proposal to expand SCHIP to children in families with higher incomes, it should recognize that public program expansions would result in ...