SCHIP and The Middle Class

CONservative Spin:

“Expanding SCHIP will force middle-class Americans to drop private insurance in favor of public assistance.”
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PROgressive Response:

By Eric Lotke
December 13th, 2007
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Of the families enrolled in SCHIP, the vast majority (86 percent) were uninsured at the time they enrolled. Most of the remaining families who dropped private insurance in favor of SCHIP did so because their plan was so expensive, they could not afford to properly cover their children. No one satisfied with their current insurance is required to join SCHIP.

 Source

Bernstein, Jared. "SCHIP is not eroding private health coverage," Economic Snapshots, Economic Policy Institute, September 12, 2007. Retrieved on December 14, 2007, from http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_snapshots_20070912

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