{"id":8822,"date":"2017-12-04T08:34:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T13:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8822"},"modified":"2017-12-04T08:34:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T13:34:55","slug":"with-chip-in-limbo-here-are-5-takeaways-on-the-congressional-impasse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8822","title":{"rendered":"With CHIP In Limbo, Here Are 5 Takeaways On The Congressional Impasse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'PT Serif', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Two months past its deadline, Congress has yet to fund the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program, leaving several states scrambling for cash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'PT Serif', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Lawmakers grappling with the failed repeal of the Affordable Care Act allowed authorization of the program to lapse on Sept. 30. Although CHIP has always had broad bipartisan support, the House and Senate cannot agree on how to continue federal funding. 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