Public News Service
By: Kevin Patrick Allen
A federal program that funds health coverage for more than 83,000 Iowa children will run out of money at the end of the month, but there’s reason to be hopeful. Earlier this week, the Senate Finance Committee reached agreement on a plan to protect the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which covers children whose parents earn slightly too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but a resolution has not been reached in the House.
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Anne Discher, interim executive director of the Child and Family Policy Center, says research shows that kids served by the program are better off than their uninsured cohorts.
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