by Girish Anand | Jun 21, 2018 | ACA, CHIP, Obamacare
A move by the Trump administration to claw back nearly $15 in spending from the massive March 23 budget bill has failed in the Senate in a vote eerily similar to last summer’s vote on repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The rescission measure would have hit...
by Girish Anand | Jun 5, 2018 | CHIP, CMS, Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released what is being called a “Medicaid & CHIP Scorecard” that attempts to compare the timeliness and quality of medical care of the two programs state by state, but a major problem is that...
by Girish Anand | Feb 9, 2018 | CHIP
When the federal fiscal year ended on Sept. 30, 2017, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) saw its authorization and funding expire. Through late January, several states struggled to keep their CHIP initiatives afloat while Congress failed to agree on...
by Girish Anand | Jan 22, 2018 | CHIP
With seven states having nearly exhausted their funds for the program, a Congressional continuing resolution to fund the federal government through Feb. 8 has breathed new life into the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to the tune of six years of...
by admin | Dec 21, 2017 | CHIP
BREAKING NEWS: A continuing budget resolution introduced in the House of Representatives today includes $2.85 billion in CHIP funding through March 2018. It was approved by the Senate shortly thereafter and send to the president for signature. Though Congress...
by Girish Anand | Dec 7, 2017 | CHIP, CMS
As part of a stopgap federal government spending measure passed today by both the House and Senate, funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has been authorized through the end of 2017. Meanwhile, funding for the federal government will expire...