Health Affairs, 26, no. 2 (2007): 355 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.2.355 © 2007 by Project HOPE	New Online   New Issue: China & India   Obesity In China   Pay Cuts For Medicare Docs   Access To Care Woes

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Insurance Design

PROLOGUE

Insurance Design For Children’s Coverage

An extreme contrast between upside and downside potential marks the run-up to this year’s decisions about reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). With coverage initiatives bubbling up at the state level from Maine to California, many see the political appeal of program expansions for children as a door-opener for universal coverage. At worst, incremental SCHIP and Medicaid expansions can be portrayed by state advocates and the new Democratic majority in Congress as responsible, viable steps toward reducing the ranks of the uninsured—a safe and shrewd way of keeping the issue of universal coverage alive and warm for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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