The Children's Health Insurance Program ( CHIP ) – formerly known as the State Children's Health Insurance Program ( SCHIP ) – is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children. The program was designed to cover uninsured children in families with incomes that are modest but too high to qualify for Medicaid . The program was passed into law as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 , and the statutory authority for CHIP is under title XXI of the Social Security Act .
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186-520: A VISTA worker in 1964 and was first elected to public office as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966–1968). Rockefeller was later elected secretary of state of West Virginia (1968–1973) and was president of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973–1975). He became the state's senior U.S. senator when the long-serving Senator Robert Byrd died in June 2010. Rockefeller is
279-586: A Senate seat. He was re-elected in 1990 , 1996 , 2002 and 2008 by substantial margins. He was chair of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs (1993–1995; January 3 to 20, 2001; and June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003). Rockefeller was the chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (2009–2015). In April 1992, he was the Democratic Party's finance chairman and considered running for
372-462: A TV interview, Rockefeller stated, I took a trip ... in January 2002 to Saudi Arabia , Jordan and Syria , and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq, that that was a predetermined set course that had taken shape shortly after 9/11. Rockefeller noted that the comment expresses his personal opinion, and that he
465-565: A White House health policy coordinator during the time her full-blown health care plan had suffered political failure. The new initiative was proposed at Bill Clinton's January 1997 State of the Union address , with the stated goal of coverage up to five million children. Kennedy continued to write much of the bill, using the increase in tobacco taxes to pay the $ 20 billion price tag. In March 1997, Kennedy brought Republican Senator Orrin Hatch onto
558-802: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act "to expand health coverage of low income children and pregnant women and to provide funds to promote outreach efforts to enroll eligible children." On the same day, Representative John Dingell (D-MI) introduced an identical bipartisan companion bill in the House of Representatives with Republican cosponsor, Representative Margaret Scafati Roukema (R-NJ). [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Meanwhile, in December 1996 First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton examined several possible initiatives and decided expanding health care insurance to children who had none
651-476: A bill to provide health care coverage for children of the working poor, to be financed via a 75 cents a pack cigarette tax increase. Kennedy brought Republican Senator Orrin Hatch onto the legislation as a co-sponsor. Kennedy and Hatch had worked together as an "odd couple" in the Senate before, and here Hatch said that "Children are being terribly hurt and perhaps scarred for the rest of their lives" and that "as
744-575: A compromised server. On June 1, 2011, Rockefeller sponsored the fourth West Virginia Homeland Security Summit and Expo. The event ran two days and focused on homeland security with Rockefeller emphasizing cybersecurity. In 1997, Rockefeller co-authored the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – a program aimed at giving low-income children health insurance coverage. Annually, CHIP has been successfully covering about 6 million children, who otherwise would have been uninsured. On September 30, 2007,
837-570: A five-year period but anticipated an additional $ 16 billion in spending on children's health care over the same period. However, it did not provide details on how that money would be spent. In 1997, several members of Congress introduced bills to cover uninsured children using that $ 16 billion, and the two most popular proposals were the Chafee-Rockefeller proposal and the Kennedy-Hatch proposal. Senator Ted Kennedy , Chairman of
930-533: A great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller , who died less than a month before Jay's birth. He was the only serving politician of the Rockefeller family during his tenure in the United States Senate , and the only one to have held office as a Democrat , in what has been a traditionally Republican family (though he too was originally a Republican until he decided to run for office in
1023-573: A nation, as a society, we have a moral responsibility" to provide coverage. Hatch's role would infuriate some Republican colleagues and conservative commentators. On April 8, 1997, Senators Kennedy and Hatch introduced S. 525, the "Child Health Insurance and Lower Deficit Act (CHILD). This legislation amended the Public Health Service Act to create a new grant program for states to purchase private health insurance for children. It proposed to raise $ 30 billion over 5 years by raising
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#17327823716851116-403: A proponent of a public option , fighting with some Democrats on the finance committee, in particular Max Baucus , the chairman of the committee, who contended that there was not enough support for a public option to gather the 60 votes needed to prevent a filibuster. Baucus asked repeatedly for Rockefeller to stop speaking on the issue. On September 29, 2009, Rockefeller offered an amendment to
1209-541: A rate above the regular Medicaid match. By February 1999, 47 states had set up CHIP programs, but it took effort to get children enrolled. That month, the Clinton administration launched the "Insure Kids Now" campaign, designed to get more children enrolled; the campaign would fall under the aegis of the Health Resources and Services Administration . By April 1999, some 1 million children had been enrolled, and
1302-599: A relentless public campaign in the aftermath of the attacks to use the war against Al Qaeda as a justification for overthrowing Saddam Hussein." In July 2007, Rockefeller announced that he planned to introduce legislation before the August congressional recess that would give the FCC the power to regulate TV violence. According to the edition of July 16, 2007, of Broadcasting & Cable, the new law would apply to both broadcast as well as cable and satellite programming. This would mark
1395-519: A retroactive, nine-year immunity to U.S. officials who authorized, ordered, or committed acts of torture and abuse, permitting the use of statements obtained through torture to be used in military tribunals so long as the abuse took place by December 30, 2005. Rockefeller's vote authorized the President to establish permissible interrogation techniques and to "interpret the meaning and application" of international Geneva Convention standards, so long as
1488-475: A rule requiring states (as of August 2008) to sign up 95% of families with children earning 200% of the federal poverty level, before using the funds to serve families earning more than 250% of the federal poverty level. The federal government said that 9 out the 17 states that offer benefits to higher-earning families were already compliant. Opponents of this rule argued that signing up higher-income families makes lower-income families more likely to sign up, and that
1581-473: A special counsel or commission inquiry into the destruction of the tapes, stating "it is the job of the intelligence committees to do that." On September 28, 2006, Rockefeller voted with a largely Republican majority to suspend habeas corpus provisions for anyone deemed by the Executive Branch an "unlawful combatant," barring them from challenging their detentions in court. Rockefeller's vote gave
1674-468: A state Medicaid department at a fixed price per enrollee. The health plans then enroll eligible individuals into their programs and become responsible for assuring CHIP benefits are delivered to eligible beneficiaries. In Ohio , CHIP funds are used to expand eligibility for the state's Medicaid program. Thus all Medicaid rules and regulations (including cost sharing and benefits) apply. Children from birth through age 18 who live in families with incomes above
1767-445: A vote of 290–138. The bill authorized spending and added $ 32.8 billion to expand the health coverage program to include about 4 million more children, including coverage of legal immigrants with no waiting period for the first time. A cigarette tax increase of 62 cents—bringing the total tax on a pack of cigarettes to $ 1.01—an increase of tax on chewing tobacco from $ 0.195/lb. to $ 0.50/lb.—as well as tax increases on other tobacco products
1860-679: Is a grandson of John D. Rockefeller Jr. Jay graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1955. After his junior year at Harvard College , he spent three years studying Japanese at the International Christian University in Tokyo. He graduated from Harvard in 1961 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Far Eastern languages and history. He attended Yale University and did graduate work in Oriental studies and studied
1953-458: Is a trustee of New York's Asia Society , which was established by his father in 1956. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations , a nonprofit think tank previously chaired by his uncle, David Rockefeller . As a senator, he voted against the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement , which was heavily backed by David Rockefeller. Rockefeller served on the following committees in
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#17327823716852046-488: Is because the state programs offer better benefits at lower cost to enrollees than the private alternatives. A briefing paper by libertarian think-tank Cato Institute estimated the "crowding out" of private insurers by the public program could be as much as 60%. SCHIP was created in 1997 as a ten-year program; to continue past federal fiscal year 2007, passage of a reauthorization bill was required. The first two reauthorization bills to pass through Congress would also expand
2139-526: The 112th Congress : Rockefeller initially supported the use of force based upon the evidence presented by the intelligence community that linked Iraq to nuclear ambitions. After the Niger uranium forgeries , in which the Bush administration gave forged documents to U.N. weapons inspectors to support allegations against Iraq, Rockefeller started an investigation into the falsification and exaggeration of evidence for
2232-627: The Baucus Health Bill in the Senate Finance Committee to add a public option. The amendment was rejected 15 to 8, with five Democrats (Baucus, Kent Conrad , Blanche Lincoln , Tom Carper , Bill Nelson ) and all Republicans voting no. Rockefeller supported President Barack Obama's health reform legislation; he voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in December 2009, and he voted for
2325-707: The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs . He continued his public service in 1964–1965 in the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), under President Lyndon B. Johnson , during which time he moved to Emmons, West Virginia . Rockefeller was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1966. During his tenure, in the summer of 1968, after Robert Kennedy 's assassination, his uncle Nelson Rockefeller , governor of New York, offered him to take up
2418-706: The First Lady , opening up his mansion next to Rock Creek Park for its first strategy meeting. The reform was subsequently defeated by an alliance between the Business Roundtable and a small-business coalition. In 2002, Rockefeller made an official visit to several Middle Eastern countries, during which he discussed his personal views regarding United States military intentions with the leaders of those countries. In October of that year, Rockefeller strongly expressed his concern for Saddam Hussein 's alleged weapons of mass destruction program while addressing
2511-759: The Girl Scouts of the USA lobbied for its passage, putting public pressure on Congress; Kennedy urged Clinton to use her influence within the White House. SCHIP was then passed and signed into law by Bill Clinton on August 5, 1997, as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 , to take effect the following month. At a press conference following the signing, Kennedy thanked Hatch, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle , Children's Defense Fund head Marian Wright Edelman , Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton. About
2604-578: The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), and it was signed by President Obama. CHIP expired on September 30, 2017. At the time, most states had sufficient funds to keep the program running for a period of months. On September 18, 2017, Senators Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden introduced the Keeping Kids' Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act (Bill S.1827), which would fund CHIP until 2022. On November 3, 2017,
2697-502: The U.S. Congress to improve Americans' health coverage. Almost a decade prior, the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care was formed in 1989 and charged with recommending "legislative action to ensure coverage for all Americans." The commission, renamed the Pepper Commission in honor of its creator and first chair Representative Claude Pepper (D-Fla.), laid out a blueprint to achieve universal coverage. Given
2790-485: The then-heavily Democratic state ). Rockefeller did not seek reelection in 2014 and was succeeded by Republican U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito . John Davison Rockefeller IV was born at New York Hospital in Manhattan to John Davison Rockefeller III (1906–1978) and Blanchette Ferry Hooker (1909–1992), 26 days after the death of his patrilineal great-grandfather, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937). He
2883-469: The AT&;T contributions represent about 2% of the money he raised during the previous year. Although publicly deploring torture, Rockefeller was one of two congressional Democrats briefed on waterboarding and other secret CIA practices in the early years of the Bush administration, as well as the existence of taped evidence of such interrogations ( later destroyed ). In December 2007, Rockefeller opposed
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2976-550: The CHIP program by the term "Children's Health Insurance Program" (CHIP). States are allowed to use Medicaid and CHIP funds for premium assistance programs that help eligible individuals purchase private health insurance. As of 2008 relatively few states had premium assistance programs, and enrollment was relatively low. Interest in this approach remained high, however. In August 2007, the Bush Administration announced
3069-696: The Chinese language. After college, Rockefeller worked for the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C., under President John F. Kennedy , where he developed a friendship with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and worked as an assistant to Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver . He served as the operations director for the Corps' largest overseas program, in the Philippines . He worked for a brief time in
3162-613: The Clinton administration set a goal of raising the figure to 2.5 million by 2000. States with separate child health programs follow the regulations described in Section 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 457. Separate child health programs have much more flexibility than Medicaid programs. Separate programs can impose cost sharing, tailor their benefit packages, and employ a great deal of flexibility in eligibility and enrollment matters. The limits to this flexibility are described in
3255-451: The HSA failed in the fall of 1994, congressional leaders and the administration recognized the need for an incremental, bipartisan approach to health care reform. Senator Jay Rockefeller continued to argue for expanded coverage for children. He referenced an amendment for accelerated coverage children and pregnant women offered during the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform markup that
3348-470: The House of Representatives in opposition. On the same day, the bill passed in the Senate, with a substitute amendment, by unanimous consent. After a conference between the House and Senate, passage in both House (Roll #345: 346–85) and Senate (Roll #209: 85–15) on the conference substitute became more bipartisan. Like Medicaid, CHIP is a partnership between federal and state governments. The programs are run by
3441-618: The House of Representatives passed the CHAMPION Act, which also would fund CHIP until 2022. On January 22, 2018, President Trump signed legislation that reauthorized CHIP for six years. Bill H.195 (known as the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017, including Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018) passed the House by a vote of 266-150 and passed the Senate a vote of 81–18. Fifteen Senate Democrats and 144 House Democrats voted against
3534-529: The Medicaid thresholds in 1996 and up to 200% of the federal poverty level are eligible for the CHIP Medicaid expansion program. In 2008, the maximum annual income needed for a family of four to fall within 100% of the federal poverty guidelines was $ 21,200, while 200% of the poverty guidelines was $ 42,400. Other states have similar CHIP guidelines, with some states being more generous or restrictive in
3627-469: The President signed it into law on December 21, 2007. The reauthorization bill also changed the program's name from "SCHIP" to simply "CHIP" In the wake of President Barack Obama 's inauguration and the Democrats' increased majorities in both houses of Congress, legislative leaders moved quickly to break the political stalemate over CHIP expansion. On January 14, 2009, the House passed H.R. 2 on
3720-640: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) was intrigued by a children's health insurance plan in Massachusetts that had passed in 1996, and met with a Boston Medical Center pediatrics director and a Massachusetts state legislator to discuss the feasibility of a national initiative. Kennedy also saw using an increase in tobacco taxes as a way to pay for the expanded coverage. Thus, in October 1996, Kennedy introduced
3813-651: The Senate Intelligence Committee to grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies who were accused of unlawfully assisting the National Security Agency (NSA) in monitoring the communications of American citizens. This was an about-face of sorts for Senator Rockefeller, who had hand-written a letter to Vice President Dick Cheney in 2003 expressing his concerns about the legality of NSA's warrantless wire-tapping program. Some have attributed this change of heart to
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3906-712: The Senator's seat. He would ultimately refuse. He was later elected to the office of West Virginia Secretary of State in 1968. He won the Democratic nomination for governor in 1972 but was defeated in the general election by the Republican incumbent, Arch A. Moore Jr. . Rockefeller then served as president of West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1973 to 1975. Rockefeller was elected governor of West Virginia in 1976 and re-elected in 1980 . He served as governor when manufacturing plants and coal mines were closing as
3999-552: The U.S. Senate: There has been some debate over how "imminent" a threat Iraq poses. I do believe that Iraq poses an imminent threat, but I also believe that after September 11 , that question is increasingly outdated. It is in the nature of these weapons, and the way they are targeted against civilian populations, that documented capability and demonstrated intent may be the only warning we get. To insist on further evidence could put some of our fellow Americans at risk. Can we afford to take that chance? We cannot! In November 2005 during
4092-529: The VA health care system. Rockefeller is also a strong supporter of the fight against Alzheimer's and neurological disease. The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) was founded in Morgantown in 1999 by Rockefeller and his family to help advance medical and scientific understanding of Alzheimer's and other diseases of the brain. BRNI is the world's only non-profit institute dedicated exclusively to
4185-680: The West Virginia University Libraries and the West Virginia & Regional History Center . The archival collection documents his 30-year career in the United States Senate. According to the website GovTrack, Rockefeller missed 541 of 9,992 roll call votes from January 1985 to July 2014. This amounted to 5.4 percent, which was worse than the median of 2.0 percent among senators serving as of July 2014. Rockefeller, along with his son Charles,
4278-542: The bill because they objected to ending a three-day government shutdown without legally enshrining the DACA program for certain undocumented immigrants. On February 9, 2018, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 , which reauthorized CHIP for an additional four years. The bill was passed by vote of 71–28 in the Senate and by a vote of 240–186 in the House of Representatives. President Trump signed
4371-434: The bill into law that same day, allowing for CHIP's extension through 2027. Jay Rockefeller John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virginia (1977–1985). Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia , to serve as
4464-415: The bill. An initial objection of Republicans in the Senate was that proposing to pay for the services by raising the federal tax on cigarettes, from 24 cents a pack to 67 cents a pack, ignored the likely consequence that sale of tobacco products would decrease and tax revenues would increasingly fall short of those needed to pay for the expansion of benefits. Kennedy and Hatch scoffed at the objection, with
4557-534: The challenges of comprehensive health reform, Governor Jay Rockefeller , who was elected chair following Rep. Pepper's death, emphasized his commitment to pursue legislative action not only on the commission's full set of recommendations but also on a "down payment"—to expand public health coverage immediately for children and pregnant women, consistent with the principles the commission put forward. The legislation would guarantee public insurance coverage through Medicaid for every American child living in poverty and offset
4650-527: The coercion fell short of "serious" bodily or psychological injury. The bill became law on October 17, 2006. On February 29, 2008, he endorsed Barack Obama for president of the United States, citing Obama's judgment on the Iraq war and national security issues, and calling him the right candidate to lead America during a time of instability at home and abroad. This endorsement stood in stark contrast to
4743-539: The comment. Rockefeller later apologized for the comment and the Obama campaign issued a statement expressing Obama's disagreement with the comment. Senator Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina noted that "John didn't drop bombs from 35,000 feet. ... the bombs were not laser guided (in the 1960 and 1970s)". On April 1, 2009, Rockefeller introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 - S.773 before Congress. Citing
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#17327823716854836-576: The cost of the improvements by doubling the federal excise tax on cigarettes. Quickly after his election in 1992, President Bill Clinton assembled a task force to write a comprehensive health reform bill, and he worked with Congress to introduce the Health Security Act (HSA) in November 1993. It included provisions such as universal coverage and a basic benefit package, health insurance reform, and consumer choice of health plans. After
4929-449: The existing research noted that the availability of "CHIP coverage for children has led to improvements in access to health care and to improvements in health over both the short-run and the long-run." In 2007, researchers from Brigham Young University and Arizona State found that children who drop out of CHIP cost states more money because they shift away from routine care to more frequent emergency care situations. The conclusion of
5022-556: The failure of President Bill Clinton 's comprehensive health care reform proposal . First Lady Hillary Clinton's brainchild in the aftermath of the failing of passage of her healthcare reform work, this Legislation to create CHIP was co-sponsored by Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy and Republican Senator Orrin Hatch . Despite opposition from some conservatives, SCHIP was included in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which President Clinton signed into law in August 1997. At
5115-399: The first time that the FCC would be given power to regulate such a vast spectrum of content, which would include almost everything except material produced strictly for direct internet use. An aide to the senator said that his staff had also been carefully formulating the bill in such a way that it would be able to pass constitutional scrutiny by the courts. In 2007, Rockefeller began steering
5208-471: The five-year period. Opposition to HR 976 focused on the $ 35 billion increase in government health insurance as well as $ 6.5 billion in Medicaid benefits to illegal immigrants. Originally intended to provide health care coverage to low-income children, HR 976 was criticized as a giveaway that would have benefited adults as well as non-U.S. citizens. The program expansion was to have been funded by sharply increasing federal excise taxes on tobacco products. On
5301-459: The former saying, "If we can keep people healthy and stop them from dying, I think most Americans would say 'Amen; isn't that a great result?' If fewer people smoke, states will save far more in lower health costs than they will lose in revenues from the cigarette tax." Republicans also criticized the bill as an open-ended entitlement program , although it was structured as a block grant rather than an entitlement; Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott
5394-457: The increased use of emergency care. A 2018 survey of the existing research noted that the availability of "CHIP coverage for children has led to improvements in access to health care and to improvements in health over both the short-run and the long-run." Fact remains that SCHIP covered millions of low income children who otherwise would not have had healthcare access since 1997. The Children's Health Insurance Program grew out of years of work in
5487-439: The individual states according to requirements set by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services . States may design their CHIP programs as an independent program separate from Medicaid (separate child health programs), use CHIP funds to expand their Medicaid program (CHIP Medicaid expansion programs), or combine these approaches (CHIP combination programs). States receive enhanced federal funds for their CHIP programs at
5580-415: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S-CHIP&oldid=933101777 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Children%27s Health Insurance Program#State administration CHIP was formulated in the aftermath of
5673-461: The last, Kennedy said, "Mrs. Clinton ... was of invaluable help, both in the fashioning and the shaping of the program and also as a clear advocate." CHIP is located at Title IV, subtitle J of H.R. 2015 [105th] Balanced Budget Act of 1997 . H.R. 2015 was introduced and sponsored by Rep John Kasich [R-OH] with no cosponsors. On 25 June 1997, H.R. 2015 passed House Vote Roll #241 mainly among partisan lines, 270 ayes and 162 nays, with most Democrats in
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#17327823716855766-485: The legislation as co-sponsor; Kennedy and Hatch had worked together as an "odd couple" in the Senate before, and here Hatch said that "Children are being terribly hurt and perhaps scarred for the rest of their lives" and that "as a nation, as a society, we have a moral responsibility" to provide coverage. Hatch's role would infuriate some Republican colleagues and conservative commentators . The First Lady did not hold news conferences or testify before Congress on behalf of
5859-400: The measure, saying: "We shall offer it again and again until we prevail. It's more important to protect children than to protect the tobacco industry." Both Bill and Hillary Clinton argued for including the children's health insurance in subsequent legislation. The bill was indeed revived by Kennedy and Hatch a month after its initial defeat. Organizations from the Children's Defense Fund to
5952-402: The measure. Within a week of the failed veto override vote, the House passed a second bill attempting a similar expansion of CHIP. According to Democrats, the second bill, H.R. 3963 , created firmer caps on income eligibility, prevented adults from joining, and banned children of illegal immigrants from receiving benefits. According to its opponents, however, this second proposed expansion
6045-449: The national recession of the early 1980s hit West Virginia particularly hard. Between 1982 and 1984, West Virginia's unemployment rate hovered between 15 and 20 percent. In 1984 , he was elected to the United States Senate, narrowly defeating businessman John Raese as Ronald Reagan easily carried the state in the presidential election . As in his 1980 gubernatorial campaign against Arch Moore, Rockefeller spent over $ 12 million to win
6138-416: The number of children they allow into the program. With the exception of Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota and Oklahoma, all states have a minimum threshold for coverage at 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. CHIP Medicaid expansion programs typically use the same names for the expansion and Medicaid programs. Separate child health programs typically have different names for their programs. A few states also call
6231-666: The number of uninsured children continued to rise after 1997, particularly among families that did not qualify for CHIP. An October 2007 study by the Vimo Research Group found that 68.7 percent of newly uninsured children were in families whose incomes were 200 percent of the federal poverty level or higher as more employers dropped dependents or dropped coverage altogether due to annual premiums nearly doubling between 2000 and 2006. A 2007 study from researchers at Brigham Young University and Arizona State found that children who drop out of CHIP cost their states more money due to
6324-412: The other hand, opponents said this proposed expansion was for families with annual incomes up to $ 82,600 (400 percent of the federal poverty level) On October 3, 2007, President Bush vetoed the bill, stating that he believed it would "federalize health care", expanding the scope of CHIP much farther than its original intent. The veto was the fourth of his administration. After his veto, Bush said he
6417-492: The oversight committee of Dow Jones & Company (a subsidiary of News Corporation) to request that it conduct an investigation into the hiring of former CEO Les Hinton , and whether any current or former executives had knowledge of or played a role in phone hacking. He announced on January 11, 2013, that he would not run for a sixth term. On March 25, 2013, Rockefeller announced his support for gay marriage . In November 2014, Rockefeller donated his senatorial archives to
6510-471: The presidency, but pulled out after consulting with friends and advisers. He went on to strongly endorse Bill Clinton as the Democratic nominee. He chaired the prominent Senate Intelligence Committee (retiring in January 2009), from which he commented frequently on the war in Iraq . In 1993, Rockefeller became the principal Senate supporter, with Ted Kennedy , behind Bill and Hillary Clinton 's sweeping health care reform package , liaising closely with
6603-494: The program expired, requiring Congress to reauthorize the legislation. On August 2, 2007, the vote for reauthorization passed legislation by a strong, bipartisan vote (68–31). Rockefeller authored successful legislation that required the Department of Veterans Affairs, for the first time, to provide a wide range of extended care services—such as home health care, adult day care, respite care, and hospice care—to veterans who use
6696-485: The program's scope; President George W. Bush vetoed them as improper expansions. A two-year reauthorization bill was signed into law by the President in December 2007 that would merely extend current CHIP services without expanding any portion of the program. With the 2008 Presidential and Congressional elections giving Democrats control of the Oval Office as well as expanded majorities in both houses of Congress, CHIP
6789-419: The regulations, and states must describe their program characteristics in their CHIP state plans. Out of 50 state governors, 43 support CHIP renewal. Some states have incorporated the use of private companies to administer portions of their CHIP benefits. These programs, typically referred to as Medicaid managed care , allow private insurance companies or health maintenance organizations to contract directly with
6882-589: The results of the state primary that was easily won by Hillary Clinton . On April 7, 2008, in an interview for The Charleston Gazette , Rockefeller criticized John McCain's Vietnam experience : McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they get to the ground? He doesn't know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues. The McCain campaign called for an apology from Senator Rockefeller and for Barack Obama , whom Rockefeller endorsed, to denounce
6975-464: The rule was incompassionate toward children who would otherwise go without medical insurance. Children up to the age of 19 from families with incomes too high for Medicaid but below 200% to 300% of the federal poverty level (FPL) are typically eligible for CHIP. The exact income requirements can vary from state to state. Additionally, a child must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or have a qualified immigration status to be eligible. A 2018 survey of
7068-520: The spike in contributions from telecommunications companies to the senator just as these companies began lobbying Congress to protect them from lawsuits regarding their cooperation with the National Security Agency . Between 2001 and the start of this lobbying effort, AT&T employees had contributed only $ 300 to the senator. After the lobbying effort began, AT&T employees and executives donated $ 19,350 in three months. The senator has pledged not to rely on his vast fortune to fund his campaigns, and
7161-566: The study is that an attempt to cut the costs of a state healthcare program could create a false savings because other government organizations pick up the tab for the children who lose insurance coverage and later need care. In a 2007 analysis by the Congressional Budget Office , researchers determined that "for every 100 children who gain coverage as a result of CHIP, there is a corresponding reduction in private coverage of between 25 and 50 children." The CBO speculates this
7254-575: The study of both human memory and diseases of memory. Its primary mission is to accelerate neurological discoveries from the lab, including diagnostic tools and treatments, to the clinic to benefit patients who suffer from neurological and psychiatric diseases. A $ 30 million state-of-the-art BRNI research facility was opened at West Virginia University in Fall 2008. The approximately 80,000 square feet (7,400 m ) three-level building will house 100 scientists by 2012. On Healthcare Reform, Rockefeller has been
7347-436: The time of its creation, SCHIP represented the largest expansion of taxpayer-funded health insurance coverage for children in the U.S. since the establishment of Medicaid in 1965. The Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009 extended CHIP and expanded the program to cover an additional 4 million children and pregnant women, and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 extended CHIP's authorization through 2027 . CHIP
7440-620: The tobacco tax with $ 20 billion going to expanded coverage for children under a block grant approach and $ 10 billion for deficit reduction. S. 525 was referred to the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Hearings were held on the bill in the HELP Committee but legislation to expand coverage for children was never acted on in the HELP Committee. On April 30, 1997, Senators John Chafee (R-RI) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa.) introduced S. 674,
7533-626: The vulnerability of the Internet to cyber-attacks, the bill makes provisions to turn the Department of Commerce into a public-private clearing house to share potential threat information with the owners of large private networks. It authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to sequester any information deemed necessary, without regard to any law. It would also authorizes the president to declare an undefined "cyber-emergency" which would allow them to shut down any and all traffic to what they considers to be
7626-649: The war. Through the investigations, he became an outspoken critic of Bush and the Iraq war. As chair of the Intelligence committee, he presided over a critical report on the administration's handling of intelligence and war operations . Rockefeller and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the final two pieces of the Phase II report on Iraq war intelligence on June 5, 2008. Rockefeller said, "The president and his advisers undertook
7719-404: Was adopted by a bipartisan majority of 12 to 8 as evidence that there was bipartisan support to provide assistance to children. He also went on to say expanding coverage for children was essential to reforming the welfare system to "prevent families from having to go and off welfare to qualify for Medicaid." The 1996 Bipartisan Budget Agreement made net reductions in federal Medicaid spending over
7812-483: Was an early opponent of the measure, calling it a "big-government program" that would not pass. Pressure was on to reduce the amount of grants involved, with $ 16 billion a possible compromise; Hillary Clinton instead argued for $ 24 billion. The Clinton administration had a deal with the Republican leadership in Congress that forbade the administration from backing any amendments to the budget resolution. On May 22, it
7905-788: Was designed as a federal-state partnership similar to Medicaid ; programs are run by the individual states according to requirements set by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services . States are given flexibility in designing their CHIP policies within broad federal guidelines, resulting in variations regarding eligibility, benefits, and administration across different states. Many states contract with private companies to administer some portions of their CHIP benefits. Some states have received authority to use CHIP funds to cover certain adults, including pregnant women and parents of children receiving benefits from both CHIP and Medicaid. CHIP covered 7.6 million children during federal fiscal year 2010, and every state has an approved plan. Nonetheless,
7998-435: Was for families with annual incomes up to $ 62,000 (300 percent of the federal poverty level). The Senate passed the measure on November 1, 2007, but on December 12, 2007, Bush vetoed this bill as well, saying it was "essentially identical" to the earlier legislation, and a House vote in January 2008 failed to override the veto. Pub. L. 110–173 (text) (PDF) , which extended CHIP funding through March 31, 2009, and
8091-608: Was not privy to any confidential information that such action was planned. On October 11, 2002, he was one of 77 senators who voted for the Iraq Resolution authorizing the Iraq invasion. In February 2010, regarding President Obama, Rockefeller said, He says 'I'm for clean coal,' and then he says it in his speeches, but he doesn't say it in here ... And he doesn't say it in the minds of my own people. And he's beginning to not be believable to me. Rockefeller faced criticism from West Virginia coal companies, which claimed that he
8184-404: Was open to a compromise that would entail more than the $ 5 billion originally budgeted, but would not agree to any proposal drastically expanding the number of children eligible for coverage. On October 18, 2007, the House of Representatives fell 13 votes short (273–156) of the two-thirds majority required to override the president's veto, although 44 Republicans joined 229 Democrats in supporting
8277-590: Was out of touch. Rockefeller became the senior U.S. senator from West Virginia when Robert Byrd died in June 2010, after serving in the senate with Rockefeller for 25 years. In July 2011 Rockefeller was prominent in calling for U.S. agencies to investigate whether alleged phone hacking at News Corporation 's newspapers in the United Kingdom had targeted American victims of the September 11 attacks . Rockefeller and Barbara Boxer subsequently wrote to
8370-478: Was proposed as a funding source for the program's expansion. On January 29, the Senate passed the House bill by a 66–32 margin, with two amendments. The House accepted the amended version on a vote of 290 to 135, and President Obama signed the bill into law as Pub. L. 111–3 (text) (PDF) on February 4, 2009. The 2010 passage and signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act included funding for CHIP through 2015. In 2015, Congress passed
8463-497: Was reauthorized and expanded in the same bill through fiscal year 2013. In 2007, both houses of Congress passed a bipartisan measure to expand the CHIP program, H.R. 976 . The measure would have expanded coverage to over 4 million more participants by 2012, while phasing out most state expansions in the program that include any adults other than pregnant women. The bill called for a budget increase for five years totaling $ 35 billion, increasing total CHIP spending to $ 60 billion for
8556-425: Was so done, with the necessary cigarette tax amendment defeated by a 55–45 margin. but Kennedy was surprised and angered by it, considering it a betrayal, and saying that his calls to Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore had not been returned. Hatch was also upset, saying that Lott may have been bluffing and that, "I think the President and the people in the White House caved here." Kennedy did not give up on
8649-399: Was the one to advance, especially as its focus on children would be politically popular. This had precedents from earlier in the Clinton administration: a different variant of this approach, dubbed "Kids First", had been envisioned as a backup plan during the original 1993 Task Force on National Health Care Reform meetings. Additionally, Hillary Clinton had discussed an SCHIP-like program with
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