Vox

By: Dylan Scott

There have been rumblings late this week that Congress might finally pull together and extend CHIP for the long term, especially once a Congressional Budget Office report showed it would be effectively cost-free to fund the program for the next 10 years.

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Several states, including Connecticut and Colorado, have notified families that their coverage could end if Congress doesn’t extend CHIP’s funding. Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families estimated that 1.7 million children in 24 states could be at risk of losing CHIP coverage by the end of February. That’s despite research that has shown CHIP has a demonstrable benefit: It makes health care more affordable, and thus families are more likely to use it.

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