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Headline Roundup December 19th, 2017

Alabama Freezes Enrollment in Children's Health Insurance Program

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Alabama is the first state to freeze enrollment in the federally funded Children's Health Insurance Program after Congress did not renew its funding. Senator-elect Doug Jones is urging lawmakers in Washington to reconsider backing the program that provides assistance to children from low-income families.

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Doug Jones: Funding for CHIP Has Reached 'Crisis Level'

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Senator-elect Doug Jones, D-Ala., criticized his future colleagues for "playing political football" and not yet renewing the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), AL.com is reporting.

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Alabama to freeze enrollment in children's health program in two weeks
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Alabama will freeze enrollment in its children's health insurance program soon if Congress doesn't reauthorize funding for the program.

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Alabama is first state to freeze enrollment to Children’s Health Insurance Program
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Congress has failed to renew the program that covers nearly nine million children nationwide.

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