White House Patch

By: Colin Miner

Congress is close to a deal renewing the Children’s Health Insurance Program for at least another six years. Under pressure from the states and buoyed by an assessment from the Congressional Budget Office that renewing for at least six years actually saves the government money, Congressional officials say that while things may still fall apart, the only real question seems to be for how long the program will be renewed.

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According to Joan Alker, the executive director of the research group Center for Children and Families at Georgetown university, 25 percent of kids who receive health insurance through CHIP have special needs.

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