Program Overview

The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 amended the Social Security Act, to include Title XXI, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Designed to provide increased access to health coverage for children in families with income too high to qualify for Medicaid (Title XIX) but too low to afford private coverage, SCHIP provides billions of dollars in match funds to states.

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