CHIP Clearinghouse

CHIP Reauthorization Act Will Ensure Access to Health Care for

Millions of Low-Income Children

Senate, House Announce Agreement to Renew, Improve Children's Health Insurance Program 

CHIP Reauthorization Information by State 

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: CBO Estimates Show SCHIP Agreement Would Provide Health Insurance to 3.8 million Uninsured Children 

Democrats Write to Governors on Children's Health Care 

Senate Finance Committee Leaders Fight Myths on CHIP 

How Many Days of the Iraq War Would Pay for Children's Health Care? 

 

From the Leadership:

» Speaker's Office: CHIP Reauthorization Act Fact Sheet

» Pelosi: ‘We Remain Committed to Making SCHIP Into Law—With or Without the President’s Support’ 

» Pelosi and Reid: Congress Sends President Bush Bipartisan Children's Health Insurance Bill 

» Majority Leader Hoyer Statement on the President's Veto of CHIP Legislation

» Hoyer Statement on Children's Health Insurance Program 

» Majority Leader's Office: CHIP Fact vs. Fiction 

» Majority Leader's Office: President Bush Alone on Denying Children Health Insurance 

» Majority Leader's Office: Bad Habits Are Hard to Break: Will House Republicans Break Out Their Rubber-Stamp?

» Caucus Chairman Emanuel on President Bush's Priorities

 

Fact Sheets (from the Energy and Commerce Committee):

» Text of the CHIP Reauthorization 

» Section by Section Analysis of the CHIP Reauthorization Act 

 

Support from Republicans:

» Letter from Reps. Heather Wilson and Ray LaHood: Support the SCHIP Agreement 

» Letter from 16 House Republicans 

» What Senate and House Republicans Have Said About Bipartisan Children's Health Insurance Bill 

» Republican Senators Support Children's Health Insurance Program 

» New Poll: Republican Voters Want a Strong Children's Health Bill 

» Statements and Releases from Republican Senators:

• Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) 
• Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) 
• Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) 
• Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) 
• Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) 
• Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) 
• Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) 
• Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) 
• Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) 
• Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) 
• Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) 
• Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) 

 

Energy and Commerce Committee:

» Chairman Dingell Joins Colleagues in Approving CHIP Reauthorization Act 

» Chairman Dingell Opposes President's Threat to Veto CHIP Reauthorization 

» Dear Colleague: Support Children, Support H.R. 976  

 

Ways and Means Committee:

» Chairman Rangel: Expanding Health Care for Children saves lives, money and creates a more competitive America

 

The CHIP Reauthorization Bill Enjoys Broad Support:

» Letter of Support from U.S. Surgeons General 

» Letters of Support from Outside Groups

» Letter to President Bush from Outside Groups 

» Excerpts from Editorials Supporting CHIP 

» Letters/Press Releases in Support 

» Letter from the American Association of Pediatrics Supporting the CHIP Reauthorization Act

» Letter from the AMA Supporting the CHIP Reauthorization Act