SCHIP

BREAKIING NEWS: Dingell Questions Accuracy of New HHS Report on SCHIP
      Chairman Dingell (D) Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) of the House Energy & Commerce Committee criticizes a new report by Health & Human Services Department (HHS) asserting that there are only one million children eligible nationwide for the State Children's Health Insurance Program...
posted 6/20/07 2 PM  read complete story

BREAKING NEWS: President Signs Supplemental Military Funding Bill with SCHIP Funds & Other Healthcare Plans Intact
      President Bush (R) President Bush signs the $120 billion FY 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) to fund the war in Iraq without Democratic benchmarks for U.S. troop withdrawals.Despite the major media portraying Congress passing and President Bush's signing of the Supplement...
posted 5/30/07 2:57 PM  read complete story

NEWS FLASH: OMB Director Warns Congress He Will Advise President Bush to Veto SCHIP Appropriations
   OMB Budget Dir. Portman & President Bush In a letter, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Rob Portman warns congressional leaders that he would recommend that President Bush veto FY 2008 appropriation bills if they exceed the amount requested by the administration. On March 23, ...
posted 5/15/07 1:34 PM  read complete story

NEWS ALERT: Dingell Is Upbeat About SCHIP Funding
       Chairman Dingell (D-MI)House Energy & Commerce Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) tells CHF he is very optimistic that a substantial increase in funding for the State Children's Insurance Program (SCHIP) will evenutally be approved in a reauthorization bill. "We are going to ge...
posted 5/10/07 12:49 PM  read complete story

NEWS ALERT: Illinois SCHIP Program Enrolls 4,000 Physicians despite Medical Society Opposition
      Gov. Blagojevich (D) Illinois: More than 4,000 physicians here enroll in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), despite the state Medical Society's opposition to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's (D) overall healthcare plan.The Medical Society opposes key provisions of Blagojevich'...
posted 5/10/07 08:56 AM  read complete story