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October 2, 2017

9 Million Children at Risk of Losing Affordable Care as CHIP Funding Lapses
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Back in the U.S., lawmakers missed a weekend deadline to renew the
Children's Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, throwing the fate of
9 million children who rely on the program for low-cost medical coverage
into doubt. Republican leaders in both the House and Senate failed to
act on a bipartisan bill to reauthorize CHIP, which provides access to
routine checkups, immunizations, ER visits and dental and vision care.
Without quick action to renew CHIP funding, the Kaiser Family Foundation
warns that 10 states could run out money for the program by the end of
the year.


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