FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

HEALTH CARE 2009 Previous Volume 360:855-857 February 26, 2009 Number 9 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text PDF PDA Full Text Link to President Obama's signing speech Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited E-mail When Letters Appear PubMed Citation

In the first demonstration of Democratic dominance on health care issues since Barack Obama captured the White House, the new Congress quickly reauthorized the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), enabling the president to sign the measure into law within days after taking office. Though falling short of President Obama's goal of ensuring that "every child in America has access to affordable health care," the measure should sustain SCHIP's current enrollment of about 7 million and expand coverage to an additional 4.1 million children by 2013.

The rapid action underscored Democrats' intention to reverse or amend many health policies put . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Source Information

Mr. Iglehart is a national correspondent for the Journal.

This article (10.1056/NEJMp0900461) was published at NEJM.org on February 4, 2009.

HOME  |  SUBSCRIBE  |  SEARCH  |  CURRENT ISSUE  |  PAST ISSUES  |  COLLECTIONS  |  PRIVACY  |  TERMS OF USE  |  HELP  |  beta.nejm.org Comments and questions? Please contact us. The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.