Covering All Children in 2007

Link: A Logical, Moral and Achievable Goal

Chronic budget shortfalls, often confusing enrollment processes, and dramatic variation in eligibility and coverage from state to state prevent millions of currently eligible children from living healthy and realizing their full potential in school and life. As Congress prepares to consider reauthorization of SCHIP in 2007, the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) believes there is a special opportunity for our nation and leaders in all parties to take the next logical, incremental, smart and just steps to ensure health and mental health coverage for all children in America as a significant down payment on health coverage for all.