2017
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Kids and Families Can’t Afford to Wait for CHIP to be Renewed
The Salt Lake Tribune By: Kenneth Limb, Earl R. Anderson, Jessie Mandle The Salt Lake Tribune: Commentary: Kids and families can’t afford to wait for CHIP to be renewed Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, has expired. If Congress doesn’t act soon to renew CHIP funding, Utah’s CHIP program will be…
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Double-digit Increases OK’d for Arkansas’ Health Plans After Subsidy Paid to Insurers Ends
Arkansas Online By: Andy Davis In response to President Donald Trump’s decision to end a subsidy for health insurance companies, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr on Friday approved double-digit rate increases for the plans that will be offered on the state’s insurance exchange next year. … In light of the potential increase in the cost…
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What’s next for CHIP?
With both the House and Senate committees of jurisdiction reporting out CHIP bills last week, what needs to happen next to get CHIP done? Students of Schoolhouse Rock know that it’s very difficult for a bill to become a law – there are many steps that have to be taken. And while it’s a good…
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Funding Disagreements Put Children’s Health Insurance Program at Risk
Dallas News By: Caroline Kelly House and Senate committees each approved bills last week to renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which expired Sept. 30, for five years. Most states have leftover CHIP funds, but four expect to run out by December. … “Obviously most advocates are not going to be in support of paying…
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New Executive Order: Expanding Access to Short-Term Health Plans Is Bad for Consumers and the Individual Market
On October 12, 2017, President Trump signed a “very major” executive order related to health care that is “going to cover a lot of territory.” The executive order takes steps to roll back a consumer protection related to short-term health plans, in addition to allowing the sale of association health plans that are unregulated by the states and do…
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Will Federal CHIP Coverage Continue For California Kids?
Jefferson Public Radio By Sammy Caiola Mayra Alvarez of The Children’s Partnership, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit, says the last time there was a CHIP funding delay was in 2009. “Previously when federal CHIP dollars were delayed, California was forced to impose freezes on enrollment. We hope it doesn’t get to that point.” Alvarez urges the…
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Will Congress Renew CHIP Before Texas Funding Runs Out?
Houston Public Media By Abner Fletcher Insurance coverage for more than 390,000 Texas children and pregnant women is in jeopardy. Patrick Bresette, executive director of the Children’s Defense Fund’s Texas office, joins us to discuss how the CHIP program works, its history, and what hurdles remain to its reauthorization. Read more here.
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8 Million Kids Could Lose Health Insurance if the CHIP Program isn’t Renewed. Here’s What that Looks Like in One State
PBS NewsHour By: Laura Santhanam CHIP made health care affordable for Bell’s family, whose kids are among more than 87,000 enrolled children in Mississippi. But until Congress acts, her puzzle is missing a piece. … A summer filled with attempts to dismantle Obamacare drained time and resources from passing other legislation, even CHIP, which has…
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Will Congress Renew CHIP Before Texas Funding Runs Out?
Houston Public Media By: Abner Fletcher Insurance coverage for more than 390,000 Texas children and pregnant women is in jeopardy. Patrick Bresette, executive director of the Children’s Defense Fund’s Texas office, joins us to discuss how the CHIP program works, its history, and what hurdles remain to its reauthorization. … Listen to broadcast here.
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Expired Funding Used for Poor kids’ Health Coverage in Missouri Worries Advocates
Death Rattle Sports By: Klopa Robin Advocates are worried that about 27,000 Missouri children are at risk of losing their health care coverage if Congress fails to renew funding for a bipartisan program enacted under the Clinton administration. … “This is very troubling that Congress hasn’t gotten this done,” said Joan Alker, executive director of…
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Republicans CHIP Away at Kids’ Health Care | Opinion
WHYY By: Dick Polman … Weeks before CHIP was allowed to expire, a kids’ health advocate — Joan Alker, director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, told a press briefing, “This is ridiculous. We’ve never had a situation like this before.” … Read more here.
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342,268 Pennsylvania Kids Could Soon Lose Health Insurance
Doylestown Patch By: Tom Davis Children’s advocates and state officials across the country have pleaded with Congress to renew a health insurance program used by millions. … “Congress should have acted to extend CHIP funding months ago,” said Kelly Whitener from the Center for Children and Families, a policy outlet at Georgetown University. “States cannot…
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Trump’s Executive Order: Can Association Health Plans Accomplish What Congress Could Not?
Within days of the failure of the Graham-Cassidy legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Trump announced that he would likely sign an executive order to allow individuals and small employers to purchase health insurance across state lines through associations. Senator Rand Paul (R–Ky.), among others, has pushed the idea that the Trump administration can accomplish by…
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Estimated CHIP Enrollment by Congressional District, 2016
The following workbook estimates the number of children ever enrolled in CHIP in 2016 by congressional district. See the notes tab in the workbook for information on data sources and methodology. Estimated CHIP enrollment by CD
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New Report Documents Growing Role CHIP Plays in Lives of Kids Across NY State, Underscores Need to Continue Funding
The September 30 expiration of federal CHIP funding puts the New York program, Child Health Plus (CHP) in a precarious situation. Data from the new UHF HealthWatch brief, The Curve Bends Back Up, Sharply, suggests that CHP is growing in its importance – which means insurance coverage is at risk for more New York children…
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Will Federal CHIP Coverage Continue For California Kids?
Capital Public Radio By: Sammy Caiola About two million California children get check-ups, vaccinations, emergency visits and other benefits through the program, and available federal funding will dry up by the end of the year if Congress doesn’t take action. … Mayra Alvarez of The Children’s Partnership, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit, says the last time…
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Budget Tangles Ensnare Key Early-Childhood Programs
Education Week By: Alyson Klein and Christina A. Samuels The highest-profile of the two programs to expire is the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which Congress failed to extend by the end of September, could put a financial strain on states—and eventually jeopardize coverage for the roughly 9 million children covered by the program. … Lawmakers…
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Children’s Health Programs in Florida Running Out of Time and Money
News-Press By: Frank Gluck Florida received nearly 96 percent of the $686 million budgeted last year for CHIP from the federal government and has $359 million remaining, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. That’s likely enough to continue the program just into 2018, according to estimates from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment…
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Expired Funding Used for Poor Kids’ Health Coverage in Missouri Worries Advocates
St. Louis Post-Dispatch By: Samantha Liss Advocates are worried that about 27,000 Missouri children are at risk of losing their health care coverage if Congress fails to renew funding for a bipartisan program enacted under the Clinton administration. … “This is very troubling that Congress hasn’t gotten this done,” said Joan Alker, executive director of…
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If Puerto Rico Were A State, Its Health Care System Would Recover Faster From Maria
FiveThirtyEight By: Anna Maria Barry-Jester Lawmakers are currently debating providing $1 billion in additional Medicaid funds. That would help tide the system over for a period of time — 18 months or so at going spending rates — but the same problem is likely to recur when that money runs out. … Article links to…
