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This toolkit offers links to resources that will help you understand how children in the U.S. get health coverage, and the importance of employer-sponsored coverage and public programs to children. We offer an overview of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), with an update on congressional reauthorization of the program. This resource also offers key facts, story ideas for reporters, selected experts with contact information, selected websites, and a glossary.

Table of Contents

• Key Facts
• Background
• Child Health Coverage Statistics
• Children and Private Coverage
• The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): An Overview
• Enrollment in SCHIP and Medicaid
• SCHIP & Crowd-Out
• SCHIP Reauthorization: Issues in the Current Debate
• Story Ideas
• Selected Experts
• Selected Websites
• Glossary on Children's Health Coverage

This toolkit was compiled and written by Sam Takvorian.