July 23, 2007 9:08AM # NR Editors on SCHIP By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE In an [editorial](http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTZhYTk4ODdlOTY3MzQ3MWEyOGRiYWUzZWM1YTZlY2E=) released Friday, *National Review*’s editors highlight the many problems with the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP. That program ostensibly was created for low-income children. Congress is presently trying to expand the program to cover as many non-poor children — and even non-children — as they can get away with. I agree with most of the editorial, though I worry about its conclusion: > If the Democrats agree to enact some free-market reforms, it might be worth supporting a modest expansion of S‑CHIP. Otherwise, President Bush should make good on his veto threat. I think one would have throw in some pretty hefty free-market reforms to offset the harm done by expanding SCHIP. Letting people purchase health insurance out-of-state wouldn’t be enough. The package would have to include weightier reforms, such as President Bush’s proposed [standard deduction for health insurance](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3555) or [large health savings accounts](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3801). I discuss the many problems with SCHIP in an upcoming Cato Institute Briefing Paper. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).