The Hill

By: Rachel Roubein

Congress is at risk of missing two deadlines for health programs impacting millions of people, as funding is set to expire on Saturday.

The House has yet to release a bill to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) just days before the deadline. The Senate has released a bipartisan five-year bill to reauthorize the program, but a vote hasn’t been scheduled.

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“It impacts state budgets because the vast majority of states have assumed in their budgets — and of course, most of them are already done with their budgets — that Congress would still fund CHIP at the full level that it’s authorized for,” said Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families.

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