Media Coverage

Governing By: Mattie Quinn Congress missed the Sept. 30 deadline to reauthorize funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), sending states that rely on that money scrambling to figure out how to pay for it. U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden introduced a bipartisan bill last month that would have extended funding for…

Arizona Central By: Ken Alltucker More than 22,000 Arizona children in low- and moderate-income families get health insurance through a federal program that Congress failed to reauthorize by a Sept. 30 deadline. Those children won’t immediately lose their health insurance because the program’s funding will extend through the end of the year. … “Some states…

Columbia Journalism Review By: Trudy Lieberman Since the beginning of the year, many local news outlets have provided robust reporting on Medicaid, which has bolstered reader interest in the program. “In the course of the debate, it’s become clear that Medicaid has tremendous public support,” says Shannon Buckingham, vice president for communications at the Center…

Education Week By: Alyson Klein Congress is on the verge of leaving town for the weekend without extending the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which expires Saturday. The move could put a financial strain on states—and eventually jeopardize coverage for the roughly 9 million children covered by the program. And it’s not good news for district…

The Hill By: Rachel Roubein Congress is at risk of missing two deadlines for health programs impacting millions of people, as funding is set to expire on Saturday. The House has yet to release a bill to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) just days before the deadline. The Senate has released a bipartisan five-year…

Kaiser Health News By: Phil Galewitz When high levels of lead were discovered in the public water system in Flint, Mich., in 2015, Medicaid stepped in to help thousands of children get tested for poisoning and receive care. When disabled children need to get to doctors’ appointments — either across town or hundreds of miles…

KJZZ By: Lauren Gilger The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is set to expire this Saturday if Congress fails to act. In Arizona, it’s called KidsCare, and it covers nearly 22,000 kids. But, without action from Congress by the Sept. 30 deadline, those children’s coverage — and 9 million others around the country — could…

Vox By: Dylan Scott On September 30, funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program expires. After Republicans took a rushed and ultimately failed run at repealing Obamacare one last time, the program’s spending authorization is now at imminent risk of lapsing. For technical reasons, the money wouldn’t just run out on October 1. But nevertheless,…

Public News Service By: Eric Galatas The number of Colorado kids without health insurance hit an all-time low of four percent last year, according to new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. The center found that between 2013 and 2016, an estimated 51,000 more Colorado kids gained coverage.…

Public News Service By: Suzanne Potter A new report from Georgetown University shows that 15,000 kids in Arizona gained health insurance in 2016 – leaving 119,000 still uninsured. That’s an 11-percent drop from last year – the fourth largest drop in the nation. Researchers from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families say that the…

Public News Service By: Suzanne Potter Nevada has now hit a historic high – for the percentage of children who have health insurance, according to a new report. Researchers from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that about 4,000 additional kids got insurance between 2015 and 2016, an 8-percent improvement. And since 2013,…

Pittsburg Post-Gazette By: Kate Giammarise and Sean D. Hamill Federal funding for several health care safety-net programs is set to expire at the end of the week unless Congress takes action — a prospect that is looking increasingly less likely, advocates say, as the clock ticks and congressional energy is consumed by an 11th-hour attempt to…

Nonprofit Quarterly By: Carole Levine As people celebrate or mourn the defeat of the Graham/Cassidy healthcare bill, another important healthcare program is in danger of disappearing if it is not reauthorized by September 30th. The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a successful state/federal and bipartisan partnership since 1997, is about to be lost in the…

Public News Service By: Eric Tegethoff South Dakota and the rest of the country saw the number of uninsured children drop to historic lows in 2016, according to a new report. The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found fewer than 5 percent of children nationwide are uninsured. In South Dakota, the rate dropped from…

WLRN By: Julio Ochoa Recent efforts in Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare are overshadowing an important deadline to fund children’s health insurance. Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, is set to run out on Sept. 30. … Legislators assumed the funding would be in place when they approved Florida’s…

Iowa News Service By: Kevin Patrick Allen Children’s health advocates say there’s little time to celebrate a report that shows the number of uninsured Iowa children dropped by more than 22 percent in 2016 compared to 2015. The data is on par with national numbers showing a record low percentage of uninsured children. The Georgetown University…

Standard Examiner By: Editorial Board In 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 402,000 Utahns lived without health insurance — 14 percent of the state’s population. That number fell to 265,000 in 2016. In three years, 137,000 Utahns obtained health coverage, reducing the state’s uninsured rate to 8.8 percent. … “Just like previous attempts, this…

Salt Lake Tribune By: Kelly Gifford Relief washed over Luis Rios as he stood among the bundled-up crowd watching the Hispanic Heritage Parade on Saturday. The smiles, laughs and celebrations taking place at The Gateway were a welcome escape from the worries Rios has felt in the past few weeks. The event came on the…

Arkansas Online By: Andy Davis The federal website used by consumers in Arkansas and 38 other states to enroll in health insurance will be taken down for maintenance for up to 12 hours on most Sundays during the annual sign-up period that begins Nov. 1, federal officials announced Friday. … Marquita Little, health care policy…

NPR By: Phil Galewitz When high levels of lead were discovered in the public water system in Flint, Mich., in 2015, Medicaid stepped in to help thousands of children get tested for poisoning and receive care. When disabled children need to get to doctor’s appointments — either across town or hundreds of miles away —…