CMS Directive: Responses and Statements
Administration
- Testimony by Dennis Smith, Director, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, CMS
Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, April 9, 2008
- Testimony by Dennis Smith, Director, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, CMS
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, January 29, 2008
- Secretary Leavitt to Senator Grassley (R-IA), July 31, 2007
Explains that Administration does not have the legal authority to disapprove state SCHIP expansions that rely on income disregards.
Congressional
- Senators Baucus (D-MT) and Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced a resolution to halt implementation of the August 17th CMS directive. Due to procedural issues, it appears the Senate will not be able to act of the resolution.
- Representatives Pallone (D-NJ) and Shea-Porter (D-NH) have introduced a bill, H.R. 5998, that would place a moratorium on the directive.
- Senators Rockefeller (D-WV), Kennedy (D-MA), and Snowe (R-ME) have introduced a bill, S. 2819, that would suspend the directive.
- Testimony by Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, May 15, 2008
- Testimony by Morton Rosenberg, Congressional Research Service
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, May 15, 2008
- Testimony by Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office
Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, April 9, 2008
- Testimony by Chris Peterson, Congressional Research Service
Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, April 9, 2008
- Over 90 House members led by Representatives Shea-Porter (D-NH) and Hodes (D-NH) to House leadership, February 7, 2008
- Senators Menendez (D-NJ) and Specter (R-PA) to Senate leaders, December 14, 2007
- Over 40 Senators led by Senators Menendez (D-NJ) and Smith (R-OR) to President Bush, September 10, 2007
- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Dingell (D-MI), Subcommittee on Health Chairman Pallone (D-NJ) and House Committee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Stupak (D-MI) to Secretary Leavitt, September 6, 2007
Governors/States
- Governor Strickland (D-OH) to Secretary Leavitt, August 18, 2008
- Lesley Cummings, California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, to Acting Director Kuhn, August 12, 2008
- Testimony by Gary Alexander, Rhode Island Department of Human Services
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, May 15, 2008 - Testimony by Lesley Cummings, California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, May 15, 2008
- Governor Lynch (D-NH) to Secretary Leavitt, May 6, 2008
- Governor Gregoire (D-WA) to Secretary Leavitt on GAO and CRS Opinions, April 22, 2008
- California Resolution Opposing Directive (AJR 54), April 3, 2008
- Testimony of Governors Gregoire (D-WA), Patrick (D-MA) and Strickland (D-OH)
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, February 26, 2008
- 30 Governors led by Governors Schwarzenegger (R-CA) and Spitzer (D-NY) to Secretary Leavitt, September 17, 2007
- Governors Spitzer (D-NY) and Schwarzenegger (R-CA) to President Bush, August 29, 2007
- Governor Strickland (D-OH) and Senator Brown (D-OH) to Secretary Leavitt, August 24, 2007
Organizations
- Georgetown CCF Director Commends Senators on Efforts to Overturn the Bush Administration SCHIP Directive, July 17, 2008
- Over 170 Organizations lead by First Focus to Congressional Leadership, May 15, 2008
- Testimony by Cindy Mann, Executive Director, Center for Children and Families
Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, April 9, 2008
- Testimony by Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Policy
Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, April 9, 2008
- Testimony by Nina Owcharenko, The Heritage Foundation
Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, April 9, 2008
- Letter to Congressional Delegation and Fact Sheet
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, February 2008
- Testimony by Cindy Mann, Executive Director, Center for Children and Families
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, January 29, 2008
- Testimony by Tricia Brooks, CEO of New Hampshire Health Kids
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, January 29, 2008