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Home Page >Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007

H.R. 3162
Children's Health and Medicare Protection
(CHAMP) Act of 2007

Introduced by Rep. John D. Dingell on July 25, 2007

The CHAMP Act – the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act – reauthorizes and improves the existing Children’s Health Insurance Program.  This program, created with bipartisan support by this Committee in 1997, has cut the low-income uninsured rate by one-third.  Some States have been able to insure as many as 60 percent of their children who previously had no health insurance.
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Committee Action

July 27, 2007
Committee on Energy and Commerce markup of:
H.R. 20, the "Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act", amended;
H.R. 2295, the "ALS Registry Act", amended;
H.R. 507, the "Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007", amended; and
H.R. 3162 , the "Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007".
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July 26, 2007
Committee on Energy and Commerce markup of:
H.R. 20, the "Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act", amended;
H.R. 2295, the "ALS Registry Act", amended;
H.R. 507, the "Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007", amended; and
H.R. 3162 , the "Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007".
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Fact Sheets

(The fact sheets are Adobe pdf files)

Dear Colleague Letters

(The dear colleague letters are Adobe pdf files)

"Children's Groups Know What George Bush Doesn't: Fully Funding SCHIP is imperative to Preserving Children's Coverage" -- July 23, 2007

"These Groups Know What George Bush Doesn't: Covering Kids is a Good Investment " -- July 23, 2007

"Q: Who Would Take Health Care Away From a Child? A: George W. Bush "
-- July 18, 2007

"Congress must reauthorize a robust SCHIP program " -- July 17, 2007

Letters of Support

(The letters are Adobe pdf files)