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August 1, 2007
State Issues

Please join us for a news conference on: SCHIP Reauthorization: Views, insights, and implications




May 22, 2007
State Issues

Members of the Health Policy Consensus Group offer the following guidelines to policymakers for consideration during debate over reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). We also offer a brief summary of our...




March 30, 2007
State Issues

Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute and Bob Helms of the American Enterprise Institute have proposed creation of a new Medicaid Advantage program that would integrate acute and long-term care benefits for seniors who are eligible for both Medicare...




March 17, 2007
State Issues

Senate Democratic leaders this week unveiled plans to dramatically expand taxpayer-funded health insurance to millions more children through the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- even as 14 states are running out of money to fund coverage for...




March 17, 2007
State Issues

The Galen Institute has conducted research attempting to build upon past studies of state-implemented Premium Assistance programs (P.A.) under the State Children's Insurance Program (SCHIP). The Kaiser Family Foundation produced a report in 2005 about...




March 16, 2007

In this paper, we offer six recommendations for Congress as it considers reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program: 1) cover kids first; 2) cover low-income kids first; 3) don't crowd out private coverage; 4) keep families together;...




February 5, 2007

The race has begun over who can achieve universal health care first: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, a 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, told a FamiliesUSA conference this week that the country must achieve universal health care by 2012. Former ...




December 29, 2006

Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner, a member of the Medicaid Commission, offers the following comments about the release of the Commission's final report today: "The Medicaid Commission has produced a series of recommendations that are careful...




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