[courtesy of California Progress Report]

• Federal dollars for SCHIP will run out Nov 16 without Congressional action
• Board will reconsider emergency regulations on November 5

By Anthony Wright
Executive Director of Health Access California

The Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB), which oversees the Healthy Families program--California's version of the State Child Health Insurance Program--today decided it would wait until at least November 5 to decide whether it should adopt emergency regulations to pave the way for creating wait-lists and disenrolling children from the program.

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[courtesy of California Progress Report]

ALERT: U.S. Congress, Child Health Insurance Veto Override Vote This Week

by jsw [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

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[courtesy of California Progress Report]

• California's Healthy Families may have to disenroll hundreds of thousands of children
• California delegation could be key for veto override

By Anthony Wright
Executive Director of Health Access California

President Bush today vetoed the reauthorization of the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), to the anger of health, consumer, and children's advocates. California's version of the program, Healthy Families, now covers 850,000 children.

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

• State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) expires in five days
• President Bush has vowed to veto legislation to extend the program
• Compromise $35 billion bill would cover one-half of remaining uninsured children

By Anthony Wright
Executive Director of Health Access California