Pittsburg Post-Gazette
By: Kate Giammarise and Sean D. Hamill
Federal funding for several health care safety-net programs is set to expire at the end of the week unless Congress takes action — a prospect that is looking increasingly less likely, advocates say, as the clock ticks and congressional energy is consumed by an 11th-hour attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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“Congress should have taken action on CHIP months ago,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, speaking Friday on a conference call with reporters.
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