Susan Jaffe | Washington Correspondent for The Lancet | 29th December 2017
Despite wide bipartisan support for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Congress agreed last week to continue coverage for 8.9 million children only through the end of M
arch. But several of the program’s state directors say the $2.85 billion rescue plan won’t even last that long, and federal health officials are not offering much reassurance. [Continued here.] Temporary CHIP 122917…