PBS

By: Laura Santhanam

For months, the Trump administration and Congress have debated the future of health care, including nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, which has enrolled nearly 37 million children. By comparison, 8.4 million children have been enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program and its funding is up for reauthorization in September.

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Joan Alker directs Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, which released an October report with similar findings, and said improved access to health insurance for more children is a “national success story,” but cautioned that “it’s very much at risk.”

With millions of children benefiting from Medicaid, Alker said, children “can’t run and hide.”

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