The Health 202: Obamacare Was Supposed To Make CHIP Unnecessary

The Washington Post

By: Paige Winfield Cunningham

President Trump is expected to today propose a hefty 20 percent cut in his budget to the Children’s Health Insurance Program, my colleagues report. Democrats will protest, but they too toyed with the idea of eliminating CHIP seven years ago when passing the Affordable Care Act.

“If you cap Medicaid, it turns into a piggy bank and this CHIP proposal really reinforces that,” said Joan Alker of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.

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