Senate panel OKs bipartisan children’s health bill
No states are expected to immediately run out of funds for the program, which provides health insurance for 8.9 million children. But several states are preparing to take early steps like notifying beneficiaries that the program might be curtailed.
The program has broad support and the measure is virtually certain to be approved.
Because of that, lawmakers from both parties are lining up to attach pet provisions to it, such as increasing federal aid to hospitals or helping insurers curb growing premiums. Senators withheld amendments Wednesday to move the process ahead a step.
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The measure would provide five more years of financing for the program.
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