House Passes SCHIP Reauthorization Bill Despite Opposition from President Bush

Legislation that would reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday. The Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (CHAMP), contains several home health provisions. It provides a one-year freeze on the home health market basket for 2008, which would cut payments to home health by…