AAP News
By: Devin Miller
During the conference, hosted by COFGA and the AAP Committee on State Government Affairs, participants attended interactive skills-building workshops, heard from policy experts and leaders about child health priorities, and prepared for the advocacy task at-hand: urging Congress to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and keep Medicaid strong.
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An in-depth overview of how Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act have worked together to bring the insured rate among U.S. children to a historic high of 95% was provided by Joan Alker, M.Phil., executive director at Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, and Ellen Nissenbaum, senior vice president for government affairs at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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