From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org):
As Congress focuses on a tax plan that would take coverage from millions of people to give tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations, it is leaving behind our nation’s children.
Congress allowed the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to expire in September, leaving families wondering each day if this critical source of health coverage and care will still be there for their children.
And Congress’s inaction leaves states wondering if they will be left holding the bag.
Congress set the deadline for the renewal of funding for CHIP, which provides coverage for nearly 9 million children, more than two years ago. They are now almost 70 days past their own deadline. The House leadership has proposed a short-term plan to help states keep piecing CHIP funding together.
This is not what Congress promised and this is not what states and kids need.
See our statement on the House leadership’s proposed short-term CHIP fix.
Families need Congress to make good on its promise and to enact a bipartisan 5-year funding extension of CHIP as quickly as possible.
Already, parents in some states have begun to receive notices that the CHIP coverage they rely on to protect their children’s health and well-being will come to an end soon.
If Congress does not act, coverage will be disrupted for those and millions more families.
Learn more about why we need to preserve this important program.
- Infographic: 3 Reasons to Renew Funding for CHIP
- Factsheet: CHIP Funding Delay Threatens Children’s Health Care
- Blog: Tell the Senate to Pass a 5-Year CHIP Bill Now
- Families USA’s CHIP resource center, including shareable graphics
Thank you for your work to protect children’s health care.
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