CQ

By: Sandhya Raman

Children’s advocates and state officials are dismayed that long-term funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program may be delayed until next year, with a short-term fix likely to keep states going until then. Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, hinted at a further delay in a press release earlier Tuesday about a separate stall in action on market stabilization legislation.

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The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families released a report on Wednesday that found 1.9 million kids in separate CHIP programs may lose coverage in January, with an additional 1 million children possibly losing coverage by the end of February.

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