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Undated: The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides health coverage to eligible children, through both Medicaid and separate CHIP programs. CHIP is administered by states, according to federal requirements. The program is funded jointly by states and the federal government.
The program came in response to the failure of comprehensive health care reform proposed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.
https://www.medicaid.gov/chip/index.html
-- 2017 --
October 1: 9 million kids get health insurance under CHIP. Congress just let it expire.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/10/01/9-million-kids-get-health-insurance-under-chip-congress-just-let-it-expire/?utm_term=.e93a5d43b141
December 11: Spending Deal Offers Short-Term CHIP Relief
The bill signed by President Trump helps states keep the Children's Health Insurance Program afloat, but it doesn't offer any reassurance that kids won't lose their health care in 2018.
http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-chip-congress-spending-bill-trump-states.html
December 19: With Children’s Health Program Running Dry, Parents Beg Congress: ‘Do the Right Thing’
With more and more states running out of money for the Children's Health Insurance Program, parents took their case to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, pleading with Congress to provide money before their sons and daughters lose health care and coverage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/us/politics/chip-childrens-health-insurance-program-congress.html
December 21: 2 million kids will lose CHIP coverage right away, report finds ... starting next month if Congress doesn’t renew funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by Friday, a new report projects.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/2-million-kids-will-lose-chip-coverage-right-away-report-n831606
December 21: Congress provides short-term funding for children's health insurance
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/21/news/economy/chip-funding/index.html
-- 2018 --
January 18: 9 Million Kids Could Lose Their Health Care Because The GOP Wants To Shame Democrats
The Children’s Health Insurance Program could start running out of money Friday.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chip-children-health-insurance-republicans-democrats-spending-bill_us_5a612215e4b074ce7a06d4ba
January 18: Trump’s baffling tweet about CHIP and the government shutdown, explained
The president tweets a policy position — and it’s the opposite of what congressional Republicans want.
Trump tweeted early Thursday that Congress shouldn’t attach funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to a short-term budget bill.
But attaching CHIP funding to a short-term budget bill is literally the plan that congressional Republicans are currently pushing on Capitol Hill. Congress needs to pass at least short-term government funding by Friday or the government will shut down.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/18/16905080/trump-chip-government-shutdown
January 18: Trump abruptly ends Republican dream of funding CHIP at the expense of DACA
Both DREAMers and uninsured children are still in a state of limbo.
President Trump may have furthered the odds of a government shutdown after a tweet sent Thursday morning seemingly rejecting a Republican effort to compromise on children’s health care at the expense of protections for young undocumented immigrants.
“CHIP should be part of a long term solution, not a 30 Day, or short term, extension!” Trump wrote.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-daca-chip-37302ae3ea75/
January 19: Here's how children's health became a bargaining CHIP in government shutdown talks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2018/01/19/the-health-202-here-s-how-children-s-health-became-a-bargaining-chip-in-government-shutdown-talks/5a60e36c30fb0469e88401f7/
January 21: Democrats Threw Children’s Health Care Under The Bus
After all their talk about its importance, it was Democrats who left a 6-year funding package for the Children's Health Insurance Program on the table, not Republicans.
In the budget negotiations on Friday Democrats faced two options. The first was to fully fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program for 6 years, keep the government open and keep negotiating on DACA. The second was to not fund CHIP, shut down the government and keep negotiating on DACA. The Democrats chose the greater of two evils. In the hope of gaining political traction, they shot down funding for a program they have said is crucial.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/21/democrats-threw-childrens-health-care-under-the-bus/
January 22: CHIP Renewed For Six Years As Congress Votes To Reopen Federal Government
https://khn.org/news/chip-renewed-for-six-years-as-congress-votes-to-reopen-federal-government/
January 30: CHIP Funding Has Been Extended, What’s Next For Children’s Health Coverage?
https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180130.116879/full/
February 7: CHIP: What to know about the Children's Health Insurance Program
The federal funds for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expired at the end of September, and a permanent solution had not been passed by the beginning of this year.
However, the Senate reached a budget agreement Wednesday that reportedly funds the program for 10 years.
Here’s a look at the CHIP program and what it does.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/07/chip-what-to-know-about-childrens-health-insurance-program.html
May 8: White House requests cuts to children's health insurance funding
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/politics/white-house-chip-funding/index.html
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