Survey Gauges Voters' Opinions On SCHIP Debate; Health Affairs Interview Examines Consumer-Driven Health Care

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP
Article Date: 26 Jul 2007 - 0:00 PST

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National Survey on SCHIP, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families: For the survey, researchers polled 1,002 voters about the debate surrounding SCHIP reauthorization and expansion. According to the poll, 91% of U.S. residents said they want Congress to help states cover more uninsured, and nearly two-thirds of voters said they support allowing states to continue deciding which children to cover under SCHIP. In addition, 84% of voters said they support allowing low-income, working parents of children enrolled in SCHIP to continue receiving benefits under the program (Georgetown University Center for Children and Families release, 7/23).

Regina Herzlinger interview, Health Affairs: In the Health Affairs Web exclusive, Robert Galvin, director of global health care at General Electric, and Herzlinger, author and the Nancy M. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, discuss consumer-driven innovations in health care, pay-for-performance systems and the future of health insurance (Health Affairs Web exclusive, 7/24).

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