Sen. Casey Issues Statement on Children’s Health Insurance Program
Madam President, I rise this afternoon to talk about the
The unfortunate reality, though, is this isn't done. This program should have been reauthorized at the end of September, and it is not done yet. It has gone from unacceptable to inexcusable. We should not leave this week without either having it reauthorized or having a game plan that would guarantee it will be reauthorized in the very early days of 2018, literally, the early days of January.
In just the last 2 weeks, I met with families across
CHIP provides health insurance to some 9 million American children each year, including over 342,000 children in
I just saw a report this morning on "
This is a bipartisan program. It was bipartisan in its inception in the mid-1990s, and it has remained bipartisan. Now there is only one party that runs the House, the
The most recent action by the
Maybe the better person to ask that question would be a family who is benefiting and who could be harmed if it is not reauthorized. I am thinking about Connie, a woman I met here in
I had a picture with Connie's daughter Carmen here in
Both Carmen and Diego might lose their health insurance because there is a lot of activity here and focus and a result when it comes to a big tax bill. In this case, it is a tax bill that gives permanent corporate tax cuts to multinational, profitable corporations. At the same time, there is almost no action or any sense of momentum right now to get the
We had an event here in
I have to ask: How is a child supposed to learn and succeed in school without eyeglasses? CHIP provides that.
So while these kids don't know if they are going to be able to get the glasses they need to be able to read and to learn, the
I saw a tweet just 2 days ago that said the following: "
The good news about that tweet is, it was a Member of
I ask
As I said, the KIDS Act, the
Just a final note before I yield the floor. I wanted to note several other healthcare priorities that
Community health centers are facing a funding cliff that will hurt millions of people around the country, and over 800,000 in
So we have a lot of work to do in a short amount of time on all of these healthcare issues. I think we should start with voting on and reauthorizing the
Thank you.
I yield the floor.
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