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M. J. Friedrich

JAMA. 2000;283:3056-3057.

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Boston—The State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), introduced in 1997, is the largest commitment the US government has made to children's health since it established Medicaid in 1965. Under SCHIP, Congress has authorized $40 billion over 10 years for states to purchase health insurance for low-income uninsured children. While this program promised to provide access to health care for millions of uninsured children, experts point out that the complex issues of poverty can frustrate this laudable goal.

Since SCHIP's inception, about 2 million children have been enrolled in the program, said Richard Bucciarelli, MD, of the University of Florida College of Medicine, at the Pediatric Academic Societies and American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meeting, held here in May. However, despite this increase in public coverage, the numbers of uninsured children are not declining, said Bucciarelli.

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