KUER
By Erik Neumann
September 30th marks the end of the federal government’s fiscal year. Local healthcare advocates are concerned because it’s the time when federal funding for two health programs in Utah is set to expire.
….
Jessie Mandle is a Senior Health Policy Analyst at Voices for Utah Children.
“Just given the overall context of healthcare right now there’s just a lot of uncertainty,” Mandle says.
Mandle says CHIP generally gets bipartisan support in Congress. But given the current instability in the Affordable Care Act marketplace, reauthorizing CHIP is especially important this year.
“Everybody wants to see CHIP extended. I think it’s just a matter of when, and Congress acting quickly,” she says.
Read more here.