Wolf signs onto bipartisan letter urging Congress to reauthorize CHIP
"For twenty years, this program has successfully provided vital health coverage and care to about nine million children. Without it, access to essential health services like well-child exams, asthma medicine, and hospitalizations will be at risk," the governors wrote. "As health insurance premiums climb at unsustainable rates, this program gives hardworking families access to otherwise unaffordable coverage."
The letter was sent to House Speaker
After failing to reauthorize CHIP by the
"In the absence of Congressional action, we have worked to protect coverage for children and pregnant women in each of our states, but we will need federal support to continue the program," wrote the governors. "Resources are nearly exhausted and some states already have begun to inform families that their children's coverage may end on
The governors urged the congressional leaders to pursue a bipartisan solution "to find common ground that will allow this important program to continue."
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