In 1997, studies predict that the number of children getting SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) coverage may still decline next year. This is sad news for Democrats who promised they would expand enrollment from 6 million children to 10 million.

Republicans assert that any expansion should not allow middle-income families to drop private coverage for the public kind. A directive has been made decreeing that before states cover higher-income children, they must meet the following threshold: At least 95 percent of children eligible for Medicaid and SCHIP with incomes less than twice the poverty level must be enrolled in those programs. Many states exclaim that doing it is nearly impossible, and it a very unfortunate matter indeed.

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