National Governors Association Has a Message for Congress: Reauthorize CHIP
ICYMI, the bipartisan National Governor’s Association is joining Democrats in urging Republicans to bring to the Floor a long-term, bipartisan reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Read their full statement here:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 21, 2017
Contact: Elena Waskey, ewaskey@nga.org, 202-624-7787
GOVERNORS: FAMILIES NEED A FIVE-YEAR CHIP REAUTHORIZATION THIS WEEK
Short-term fix will not stop termination notices for some states
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today issued the following statement in support of the House and Senate acting this week to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for five years:
“Governors have asked Congress to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years long before Congress allowed it to expire in September. More recently, governors have written bipartisan letters and op-eds. Congress cannot wait any longer to meet their commitment to nearly 9 million children.
In the past week, Virginia and Connecticut have sent notices to more than 68,000 families indicating that the CHIP impasse in Congress will lead to termination of health insurance coverage for their children.
This week, Alabama announced they will freeze enrollments on January 1, 2018 and Connecticut will freeze enrollments on December 23, 2017.
Further exacerbating the crisis, states now expect to suffer significant cuts to their CHIP contingency fund allocation, which will result in a sooner than expected expiration of funding in many states.
Governors’ message to Congress is that states and families are out of time. Congress must act now for the well-being of millions of children.”
Founded in 1908, the National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation’s governors and one of Washington, D.C.’s most respected public policy organizations. Its members are the governors of the 55 states, territories and commonwealths. NGA provides governors and their senior staff members with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key federal issues to developing and implementing innovative solutions to public policy challenges through the NGA Center for Best Practices. For more information, visit www.nga.org.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 21, 2017
Contact: Elena Waskey, ewaskey@nga.org, 202-624-7787
GOVERNORS: FAMILIES NEED A FIVE-YEAR CHIP REAUTHORIZATION THIS WEEK
Short-term fix will not stop termination notices for some states
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today issued the following statement in support of the House and Senate acting this week to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for five years:
“Governors have asked Congress to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years long before Congress allowed it to expire in September. More recently, governors have written bipartisan letters and op-eds. Congress cannot wait any longer to meet their commitment to nearly 9 million children.
In the past week, Virginia and Connecticut have sent notices to more than 68,000 families indicating that the CHIP impasse in Congress will lead to termination of health insurance coverage for their children.
This week, Alabama announced they will freeze enrollments on January 1, 2018 and Connecticut will freeze enrollments on December 23, 2017.
Further exacerbating the crisis, states now expect to suffer significant cuts to their CHIP contingency fund allocation, which will result in a sooner than expected expiration of funding in many states.
Governors’ message to Congress is that states and families are out of time. Congress must act now for the well-being of millions of children.”
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Founded in 1908, the National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation’s governors and one of Washington, D.C.’s most respected public policy organizations. Its members are the governors of the 55 states, territories and commonwealths. NGA provides governors and their senior staff members with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key federal issues to developing and implementing innovative solutions to public policy challenges through the NGA Center for Best Practices. For more information, visit www.nga.org.
www.nga.org | @NatlGovsAssoc
www.facebook.com/nationalgovernorsassociation
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