Illinois has enough children’s insurance cash to last through September
In
About half of those 255,000 children would still likely be covered by Medicaid even if the state ran out of funding for the children's insurance program, according to the state health care department. The other half could be in jeopardy of losing coverage in late 2018 if
About 88 percent of the funding for the program in
Despite broad bipartisan support,
On Saturday, the
Advocates of the program say its reauthorization has been sidetracked amid heated debate over the Republican tax bill and the Affordable Care Act.
"I think they're using it as a bargaining chip, and really, children's health should not be on the table as any kind of political issue," said Dr.
More than half of the hospital's patients receive coverage through the program or through Medicaid.
Coverage through the program is critical to making sure all
Without it, many children in
As of November, about three-fourths of states said they anticipated running out of funding by March, according to the
Though advocates of the program say they're relieved that
"For children in
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