January 4, 2015
By Mary Troyan,
The Children’s Health Insurance Program, which covers more than 86,000 kids in Alabama, deserves a four-year extension by Congress, according to Gov. Robert Bentley.
Bentley is among 39 governors urging Congress to renew the popular CHIP program before the federal money runs out in September.
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About 4.3 percent of Alabama’s children did not have health insurance in 2013, the lowest uninsured rate in the South and one of the lowest nationally, according to a recent study by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University.
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