<P> The program came in response to the failure of comprehensive health care reform proposed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton . The legislation to create it was sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy in a partnership with Senator Orrin Hatch , with support coming from First Lady Hillary Clinton during the Clinton administration . At its creation in 1997 , SCHIP was the largest expansion of taxpayer - funded health insurance coverage for children in the U.S. since Lyndon Johnson established Medicaid in 1965 . The statutory authority for CHIP is under title XXI of the Social Security Act . </P>
<P> The program came in response to the failure of comprehensive health care reform proposed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton . The legislation to create it was sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy in a partnership with Senator Orrin Hatch , with support coming from First Lady Hillary Clinton during the Clinton administration . At its creation in 1997 , SCHIP was the largest expansion of taxpayer - funded health insurance coverage for children in the U.S. since Lyndon Johnson established Medicaid in 1965 . The statutory authority for CHIP is under title XXI of the Social Security Act . </P>
when did children 's health insurance program start
when did children 's health insurance program start
1997
1997