Parties fight over funding children’s health insurance
The insurance program is backed by both parties, and approval of legislation financing it for the next five years remains virtually certain. It covers 8.9 million children.
But four days after the program's federal funding expired, the bill's progress was complicated as
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New Jersey Rep.
"While some have called these offsets partisan, we would call them reasonable," said panel chairman
No states are expected to immediately run out of funds to cover children because they can continue using unspent money.
But some are projected to deplete their money before year's end and are poised to take early steps like notifying beneficiaries that the program might be curtailed. Neither party wants to be seen as jeopardizing it.
A similar bill won easy approval earlier Wednesday from the
In a further complexity, Senate Minority Leader
The bill would provide nearly
Senate Majority Leader
The federal government bears most of the program's cost, with states paying the rest.
By the end of
Because passage is probably inevitable, lawmakers are lining up to attach pet provisions, such as increasing federal aid to hospitals or helping insurers curb growing premiums. Senators withheld amendments Wednesday to advance the process a step, but they could renew their efforts when the legislation reaches the
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