A Battle for Children’s Health Coverage on Two Fronts

Modern Healthcare

By: Shelby Livingston

As Sept. 30 approaches, pediatric providers are grappling with the potential loss of funding for two programs responsible for huge gains in health insurance coverage for children.

The 36 states that maintain separate CHIP programs are not mandated to continue them, however. “They would start shutting down those programs or phasing them out,” said Tricia Brooks, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families and former CHIP director in New Hampshire.

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