Kaiser Health News
By: Ashley Lopez, Selena Simmons-Duffin
Last week, Colorado became the first state to notify families that children who receive health insurance through the Children’s Health Insurance Program are in danger of losing their coverage.
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Joan Alker, who runs the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, said most states need to give families 30 days’ notice. “But [state officials] are hearing rumors that Congress might get this done in the next couple of weeks, and they don’t want to scare families,” she said. “States are really in a bind here. It’s very tough to know what to do.”
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