PeachCare Watch

Below are links to articles and bulletins involving state and national news relevent to federal reauthorization of the States Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Georgia's PeachCare.  Congress and the state must act quickly in 2007 to ensure that health insurance coverage for more than 270,000 children does not lapse.

U.S. Congressional Budget Office Report on SCHIP (May 2007)
GA. Dept. of Community Health PeachCare Overview
Voices Action Alert to Save PeachCare (2/7/07)
Georgia Budget & Policy Institute Report on PeachCare Budget Shortfall
Sample letter to Congress - Save PeachCare
Georgia Congressional Delegation Contact List
Maps - Snapshot of PeachCare Enrollment (3/14/07)
Voices Position Statement - HB 340 (4/17/07)
Congressional Research Service Report on SCHIP (9/18/07)
New GBPI fact sheet on SCHIP (10/10/07)
2008 SCHIP funding report released (1/10/08)
States' scorecard on children's health care (5/28/08)

News
(See Blog For Georgia's Children for more news)

Veto to stands on measure to extend health plan (1/24/07)

Congress extends SCHIP funding to March '09 (12/20/07)

AJC 12/18/07: Pass an extension of SCHIP now

SCHIP bill vetoed a second time (12/13/07)

Straight extension of SCHIP likely (12/6/07)

Senate members plead for '08 SCHIP funding (11/30/07)

Congress set for veto fight over SCHIP (9/25/07)

SCHIP bill assaided; Congress targets CMS restrictions (9/21/07)

Veto risk seen in compromise on child health (9/17/07)

Senate bill introduced to block SCHIP limits (9/14/07)

Senators Log Protest of Administration's New SCHIP Rule (9/11/07)

SCHIP reauthorization before Sept. 30 appears unlikely (9/5/07)

Nearly a third of eligible children go without health insurance (8-22-07)

White House issues new SCHIP guidelines (8-21-07)

SCHIP compromise ahead of conference committee (8/7/07)

SCHIP passes in both houses of Congress (8/3/07)

Federal showdown on SCHIP (8/1/07)

Senate Finance Committee approves SCHIP reauthorization, expansion

Panel Backs Tobacco Tax Boost To Fund SCHIP At $35B

Voices PeachCare opinion in July 8 Gainesville Times

Voices makes SCHIP pitch in DC (7/5/07)

AMA endorses SCHIP (6/28/07)

PeachCare featured on ABC World News (6/18/07)

PeachCare to resume limited enrollment July 12

American Acadamy of Pediatrics recommends expansion of SCHIP (6/7/07)

Peachcare safe for now, freeze still in place (5/9/07)

Federal reauthorization of SCHIP update (5/1/07)

Gwinnet Daily Post: Major bills among late casualties of state legislative session (4/29/07)

Mike King's April 19 editorial in the AJC

Action Alert: April 19, 2007 - Preserve PeachCare

April 17 state news coverage of HB 340 quoting Voices

PeachCare Action Alert - Senate Rules Committee to hear HB 340 Monday, April 16

Voice ED Pat Willis on Georgia Public Broadcasting's "Lawmakers."

PeachCare Action Alert - State Senate to decide on HB 340 (3-28-07)

New PeachCare Action Alert (3-20-07)

PeachCare cut-off letter hits mailboxes 

Poll: Most Americans support guaranteed health insurance (3/1/07)

Photo highlights of Georgia advocate's press conference in downtown Atlanta to bolster support for PeachCare (2/8/07)

Senate's PeachCare Taskforce Issues Recommendations to Save Program (2/23/07)
 
New Action Alert 2/20/07!  Attend Feb. 23 DCH Public Hearing

Congress to fund PeachCare budget shortfall in March? (2/16/07)

New issue brief from Georgia Health Policy Center outlines consquences of allowing PeachCare to lapse (2/6/07).

AJC: Bush Says No to Plugging PeachCare Gap (2/6/07)

State House introduces HB 236 that would allow state funding for PeachCare if federal funding is not available. Link to to HB 236 via Childrens Policy Watch. (2/2/07)

Transcipt of Gov. Perdue's Feb. 1 Senate Testimony (2/2/07)

U.S. Senate Introduces Legislation to Save SCHIP (1/26/07)

Gov. Perdue to Testify Before U.S. Senate Finance Committee Regarding SCHIP (1/26/07)

House Children & Youth Committee Hear PeachCare Update by Voices  (1/23/07)