by Girish Anand | Nov 6, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CHIP
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a Clinton-era initiative that ran out of funds on Sept. 31, has been reauthorized by a 242-174 vote in the House of Representatives, but now faces an uncertain fate in the Senate, where some of the bill’s...
by Girish Anand | Oct 6, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CHIP, Health Care Reform
Funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides coverage for some 9 million children nationwide, expired at the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30 and is now facing an uncertain renewal future. Though the Senate Finance Committee...
by Girish Anand | Sep 30, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CHIP
The latest effort to repeal and replace Obamacare — the Graham-Cassidy bill that would turn health care over to the states — never made it to vote, and with the fiscal year ending tonight, the Republicans’ chance to use the reconciliation process,...
by Girish Anand | Jul 25, 2016 | CHIP, CMS
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has approved Arizona’s plan to allow new enrollment in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) after enrollment was frozen for several years. Now all states provide CHIP coverage to...
by Girish Anand | Apr 26, 2016 | CHIP, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS, Medicaid
On Monday the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule to overhaul managed care in the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) systems. The final rule has four key goals, according to HHS: (1) supporting states’ efforts...