Accession Number:

ADA516654

Title:

Running Head: Texas State Children's Health Insurance Program. Proposed Solutions for the Continuance of the Texas State Children's Health Insurance Program

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jul 2008-Jul 2009

Corporate Author:

GREATER SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL COUNCIL TX

Personal Author(s):

• Rose, Dawn M.

Report Date:

2009-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

54.0

Abstract:

Although healthcare is not a right specified in the Constitution of the United States, many feel a social obligation to provide healthcare to the elderly, disabled, and children. The elderly and disabled receive health coverage benefits through Medicare and Medicaid. Established in 1997, the State Childrens Health Insurance Program SCHIP is one of the mechanisms to provide uninsured children with health. The State Childrens Health Insurance Program was up for renewal in AugustSeptember of 2007. President Bush twice vetoed renewal legislation however, he did grant an extension of the program through March 2009. SCHIP has since been extended under the new Presidential administration however, millions of children are still without insurance. Now that SCHIP renewal has been passed, the state of Texas will need to determine a level of support and a course of action to account for approximately 1.5 million uninsured children in Texas Texas Health Care Primer, 2007.

Descriptors:

• *HEALTH
• *BENEFITS
• *MEDICARE
• *CHILDREN
• *INSURANCE
• *HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
• *MEDICAL SERVICES
• ELDERLY
• PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
• TEXAS
• LEGISLATION
• PRESIDENT(UNITED STATES)
• AGING(PHYSIOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE