SCHIP
SCHIP UPDATE
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Not surprisingly, the insurance industry’s million dollar ad and lobbying campaign is paying off on Capitol Hill and it appears a Congressional compromise to re-authorize SCHIP won’t include needed reforms to Medicare. Congress Daily summarizes the closed-door negotiations and Speaker Pelosi’s comments afterwards: House Speaker Pelosi said “We are working on agreements between [the] House [...]
The Senate Still Has a Hard Time Telling Insurers “No”
Friday, September 7th, 2007The differences between Senate and House members trying to negotiate a compromise in their legislation to reauthorize and improve access to healthcare for children, SCHIP, remain. That, in our opinion, is a good thing. Not because we like gridlock but because this legislation is too important to seniors and children alike to take the easy [...]
It Should Be an Easy Choice
Monday, July 30th, 2007There has been a lot of activity in the SCHIP/Medicare debate in the House last week and today in the full Senate. Kaiser Daily Health Report has a nice editorial roundup of the debate. But we’ve also seen a number of blog discussions in which it’s clear even those who are paying attention to this [...]