Oops! I made a mistake as Congress failed once more by letting the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIPS) not be renewed. Funding stopped on Saturday.
The program usually enjoys broad bipartisan support as it has reduced the uninsured rate among kids to 5% from 14% over the two decades of its existence. But, the brouhaha over the Affordable Care Act took up all of Congress' time.
It's likely that children's health programs will truly suffer until funding is restored. We're talking about care for 9 million children and pregnant women in low-income households.
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