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Opinion leaders were less positive about other goals of SCHIP, pointing to potential challenges/opportunities for the future.

• Only one-third (34%) say SCHIP has been successful in stimulating state innovation in designing delivery models for children.

COVERAGE EXPANSION

There is strong support for expanding SCHIP coverage of low-income children:

• 88% favor (strongly favor or favor) allowing states to cover children up to 300% of poverty.
• 91% were in favor of making SCHIP available to legal immigrant children.

Majorities also favor (strongly favor or favor) covering additional groups and oppose limitations:

• 73% say after covering children, states should be allowed to cover childless adults under 100% of poverty.
• 80% were in favor of extending SCHIP coverage to parents of children in SCHIP in the absence of comprehensive action on the uninsured.
• The Administrations proposal to limit SCHIP coverage to children under 200 percent of the federal poverty level was not favorably received, with only 14 percent supporting such a limitation.

FUNDING

Health care opinion leaders were asked about their attitudes toward the programs funding level, state allocations and structure. SCHIP funding and program structure measures that drew widest support include:

• 80% favor requiring states to a
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