title: Children's health insurance program: opportunity to expand care.
abstract: Late in the summer of 1997, President Clinton signed the Children's Health Insurance Program into law. The program follows the example of many states that have expanded health coverage for uninsured children through Medicaid or other state programs. Through combining funds, federal and state governments seek to provide for all of the children in America who currently have insufficient health coverage.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States