 CHIP and Medicaid have been resoundingly successful in providing health care to children. Since its inception in 1997, it has enrolled millions of children into health coverage. On February 4, 2009, the program was renewed when President Obama signed into law the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. The new law extends CHIP over a four and a half year period (April 1, 2009 to September 30, 2013) and includes a number of important program and financing changes affecting Medicaid as well as CHIP. The new law is estimated to provide health coverage to 4 million children who otherwise would be uninsured. Working at the federal level, the Center for Children and Families works to ensure that CHIP and Medicaid policy actions and reforms meet the needs of America's children and families. Our work includes policy and analysis of key program issues and providing states with critical resources. Some of the policy issues we work, or have worked, on include:
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