Hearing on “The Future of the Children's Health Insurance Program,” Subcommittee on Health (December 3, 2014)

Documents

Memorandum from Ranking Member Waxman to Members of the Subcommittee on Health

Opening Statement of Ranking Member Waxman, as prepared for delivery.

CHIP Related Articles and Reports:

• Kaiser Family Foundation, The Impact of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP): What Does the Research Tell Us? (Jul. 2014).

• The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Children’s Health Insurance Program: A 50-State Examination of CHIP Spending and Enrollment, (Oct. 21, 2014).

• Wakely Consulting Group, Comparison of Benefits and Cost Sharing in Children’s Health Insurance Programs to Qualified Health Plans (Jul. 2014).

• National Academy for State Health Policy, Benefits and Cost Sharing in Separate CHIP Programs (May 2014).

• The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Aligning Eligibility for Children: Moving the Stairstep Kids to Medicaid (Aug. 2013).

Witnesses

Evelyne Baumrucker
Health Care Financing Analyst
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Testimony

Alison Mitchell
Health Care Financing Analyst
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Testimony

Carolyn Yocom
Director, Health Care
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Testimony

Anne Schwartz, PhD
Executive Director
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
Testimony

Webcast

Key Documents: 

Memorandum from Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, “The Future of the Children's Health Insurance Program” (December 1, 2014).

Statement of Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Hearing on “The Future of the Children's Health Insurance Program,” Subcommittee on Health (December 3, 2014).

Testimony of Evelyne Baumrucker, Congressional Research Service, Hearing on “The Future of the Children's Health Insurance Program,” Subcommittee on Health (December 3, 2014).

Testimony of Alison Mitchell, Congressional Research Service, Hearing on “The Future of the Children's Health Insurance Program,” Subcommittee on Health (December 3, 2014).

Testimony of Carolyn Yocom, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Hearing on “The Future of the Children's Health Insurance Program,” Subcommittee on Health (December 3, 2014).

Testimony of Dr. Anne Schwartz, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Hearing on “The Future of the Children's Health Insurance Program,” Subcommittee on Health (December 3, 2014).

Backgrounder: "Extend Funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)" (July 2014).

Memorandum from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "Expiring Medicaid and CHIP Provisions Should Be Extended in Medicare Physician Payment Legislation" (January 8, 2014).