Washington Post

By: Amy Goldstein

The short-term spending plan allowing the government to reopen solves a funding crisis in a public health insurance program for children of working-class families that is popular with Republicans and Democrats alike, but has been ensnared for months in partisan budget fights.

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Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, agreed. “It’s a relief to the families that rely on CHIP for their kids’ coverage and for states that have been walking a tightrope for months trying to balance their budget,” she said. The funding deal was “very long overdue,” Alker said. “It’s very damaging to have [the uncertainty] hanging out there that long.”

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