A large majority of American voters (91 percent) strongly supports extending State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) coverage to more uninsured children, according to a nationwide poll released July 23 by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. Voter support for SCHIP crosses party lines, according to the poll results.
The bipartisan survey showed that nearly two-thirds of the 1,002 voters surveyed favor continuing to allow states to decide the income levels of the children who can be covered by SCHIP, including majorities of Republicans (61 percent), Independents (64 percent), and Democrats (68 percent). Also, 84 percent of respondents favor allowing low-income, uninsured working parents of children in SCHIP to be covered by the program when they do not have coverage through their jobs, including 75 percent of Republicans, 87 percent of Independents, and 88 percent of Democrats. Read the report.
