The Clock is Ticking on Funding Health Insurance for Kids
Posted on AllSides June 12th, 2014
From The Left
Unless Congress appropriates new funds at some point in the next year, coverage for millions of children will lapse in September 2015.
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) covered 5.7 million children in 2009. It was enacted by President Clinton in 1997 and was temporarily reauthorized under President Obama during his first year in office.
But funding for the program expires at the end of September 2015.
