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CHIP Insurance program has expired.. what now?

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  • J.K.Logic
    2017-11-21 08:20:15 AM
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    The main headline from CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) expiring reads like this:

    'Up to 9 million children could lose their health insurance over the course of 2018'.

    That is, if Congress can't get their collective acts together to renew the program in some sort of spending bill they can reasonably agree upon.

    Here's an exert to consider for what this will mean on a state to state basis:

    According the government's report, two states — Arizona and Minnesota — are set to run out of CHIP funding by December. In the first three months of 2018, an additional 27 states will deplete their CHIP funding, as will the District of Columbia. Another 19 states will run out of CHIP funds in between April and June.


    There's still time to renew. But the year's end is coming quick. We have holidays a plenty coming. So if you're child is on CHIP or you know someone who's is and needs this program, I would encourage any and all to contact their congress people and urge them to get this program reinstated.

  • J.K.Logic
    2017-11-21 08:27:43 AM
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    Here's a good video giving a much better breakdown of CHIP expiring, and what bills are currently on the table, awaiting a possible renewal vote from congress:

  • JaredS
    2017-11-21 04:42:20 PM
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    It really is a shame the political environment is so dysfunctional that members of both parties can't come together to ensure impoverished children are able to receive healthcare. It makes me sick.
  • J.K.Logic
    2017-12-04 04:47:08 PM
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    Update:

    Short-term funding bill includes help for children's health insurance

    So that buys time until Dec 22nd. But if nothing is done after that, many states will be without CHIP funds whatsoever. Trump is temporarily funding some states with leftover budget money from prior years in CHIP at the moment. But how long can that seriously last?

  • JaredS
    2017-12-07 03:56:17 PM
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    J.K.Logic Wrote:

    Update:

    Short-term funding bill includes help for children's health insurance

    So that buys time until Dec 22nd. But if nothing is done after that, many states will be without CHIP funds whatsoever. Trump is temporarily funding some states with leftover budget money from prior years in CHIP at the moment. But how long can that seriously last?

    This political football is putting 8,900,074 children's lives at risk. I find it ironic, and deeply depressing, that our Congress can pass a tax cut bill that will add trillions of dollars to our debt and deficit, but then claim it's fiscally irresponsible to make sure poor children receive adequate health care.

    Poverty isn't a red state or a blue state issue; it's an American issue. Poor children who live in Alabama or Mississippi deserve to get adequate health care as much as poor children who live in California or New York do.

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