Ryan Jennifer M
NHPF Issue Brief. 2002 Aug 15(781):1-12.
This issue brief notes the five-year anniversary of the effective date of Title XXI of the Social Security Act, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). It looks at the successes of the program, as well as some of the obstacles SCHIP will face as it moves from childhood into adolescence and attempts to maintain its effectiveness in providing health coverage to uninsured children and families. The paper explores the critical funding impasse created by the down turns in the economy and the financing structure of the SCHIP statute. It also highlights the emerging issue of program retention and the need to minimize unnecessary disenrollments. Finally, the issue brief considers the prospects for SCHIP's continued success-through bipartisan support in Congress and states' efforts to develop new and improved strategies to maintain and even expand their SCHIP programs in the coming years.
本问题简报记录了《社会保障法》第二十一章（即州儿童健康保险计划，SCHIP）生效五周年。它审视了该计划所取得的成功，以及SCHIP在从儿童期进入青春期时将面临的一些障碍，同时还试图维持其为未参保儿童及家庭提供医保覆盖的有效性。本文探讨了经济衰退以及SCHIP法规的融资结构所造成的关键资金僵局。它还强调了计划留存这一新兴问题以及尽量减少不必要退保的必要性。最后，本问题简报探讨了SCHIP通过国会两党支持以及各州在未来几年制定新的和改进的策略以维持甚至扩大其SCHIP计划而继续取得成功的前景。
