Medicaid & SCHIP
Medicaid is the federal government health insurance program for eligible individuals with low incomes. The program is jointly funded by the federal and state governments; each state individually runs its own Medicaid program and sets its own guidelines. One of the most popular programs under Medicaid is the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). SCHIP provides health insurance to eligible children whose families for make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but too little to be able to afford private insurance.
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
- ACP Expresses Disappointment to President Bush
for His Veto of Bipartisan Legislation to Reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Respectfully Asked that He Reconsider His Decision and Sign Legislation Into Law When It Returns to His Desk Should An Attempt to Override His Veto Be Unsuccessful; Letter To: President George W. Bush
(05-Oct-07) - ACP Endorses the House-Senate Agreement on SCHIP Reauthorization, Also Urges Congress to Act Promptly to Preserve and Improve Access for America's Seniors; Letters To: House and Senate Leaders
(25-Sept-07)
- ACP Expresses Concern to Congressional Leaders over Medicare Provisions Being Dropped from the SCHIP Bill, Urges Congress to Act Promptly to Preserve and Improve Access for America's Seniors Letter To: House and Senate Leaders
(20-Sept-07)
- ACP President urges College members to write Congress in support of The Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act (The CHAMP Act, H.R. 3162).
(27-July-07)
- Support for Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP) Expressed to House Leaders by American College of Physicians (24-July-07)
- ACP's Recommendations for SCHIP Reauthorization Legislation Include: Increasing Coverage of Lower Income Children, Funding for States to Adopt Elements of the Patient Centered Medical Home and Averting Medicare Physician Fee Cuts; Letter To: Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Charles Grassley, Senate Finance Committee (17-July-07)
- Coalition Letters Urging Tobacco Tax to Offset State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Letters To: House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Finance Committee (22-May-07)
- Coalition Letters Urging Reauthorization of State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); Letters To: House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Finance Commitee (21-May-07)
- Covering the Kids Act of 2005 (May 2005)
Additional Issues under Medicaid
- ACP Supports Legislation to Provide Federal Government Assistance to Medicaid, Letter to: Bill Sponsors, Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. and Peter King. (4-Mar-08)
- ACP Requests Delay and Clarification of Medicaid Tamper-Proof Prescription Requirement Letter To: Joint Letter to Secretary Mike Leavitt, US Department of Health and Human Services
(16-Aug-07)
- ACP Supports S. 1716, the "Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005"; Letter To: The Honorable Charles E. Grassley and The Honorable Max Baucus (16-Sept-05)
- Redesigning Medicaid During a Time of Budget Deficits
- Letter to the White House opposing Medicare and Medicaid Budget Caps jointly sponsored by the American Hospital Association and ACP (16-Dec-04)
- ACP strongly urges all Members of Congress to oppose any inflexible and arbitrary spending caps for Medicare, Medicaid and other vital health care programs, Letter to: The House of Representatives (14-June-04)
- America's Health Care Providers Oppose Cuts to the Medicaid Program for FY 2005 Sign On Letter - This letter was sent to the entire U.S. House of Representatives and a senate version was sent to the entire U.S Senate. (March 29, 2004)
- ACP Recommendations on the FY '05 Budget Resolution. Letter to: House Budget Committee (09-Mar-04)
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