Tag: CHIP

Many lapsed Medicaid recipients will enroll in ACA health insurance plans

Logan B.
Health insurance - Affordable Care Act Form

Experts and insurers have predicted that after losing old coverage, there will be an influx of policy shopping. Health insurance companies and advisors alike are preparing for a notable surge of consumers looking for assistance in navigating Affordable Care Act enrollment after having lost Medicaid coverage in 2023. As of April, this year, the extensions for coverage that were put into place during the pandemic ended. Beginning April 1, 2023, the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage extensions that were put into place throughout the worst of the…

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California healthcare bill for single payer system stalls in Assembly

G. Turner
California healthcare - Bill

The purpose of the bill was to guarantee that every state resident would have medical coverage. The State Assembly has stalled action on a California healthcare bill that would have created a single payer system that would provide medical coverage to every resident. Right before the bill’s deadline, it was stalled in the Assembly. California healthcare experts think that national debate on this subject could bring about reforms that would develop similar single payer bills that would close the gap between state residents without the need for insurance. Assembly Bill…

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Local health centers left to struggle even as GOP funds CHIP

Logan B.
hospital GOP healthcare bill

The Children’s Health Insurance Program finally has its funding but kids may still find health care challenging. At the same time that Congressional Republicans and Democrats are patting themselves on the back for approving funding the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for the next six years, many local health centers continue floundering. CHIP had been in dire need of having its funding restored after it was allowed to expire on September 30. At the same time that lawmakers are celebrating passing the CHIP funding, which already had bipartisan support, it…

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US government shutdown leaves CHIP without funding

G. Turner
US government shutdown CHIP

Senate failed to pass the House-sponsored continuing resolution (CR) to the president on Friday. The Senate was unable to advance the House-sponsored CR ahead of a US government shutdown last week. It left the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) unfunded, placing many states at risk of losing their medical coverage for kids from low income families. The “Cadillac tax” has also failed to move forward, as the government shutdown began at midnight on Saturday. The six year extension of CHIP funding had bipartisan support. Both Republicans and Democrats were in…

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Congressional Budget Office predicts $800 million bill for 5 years of CHIP

Nordstrom
Congressional Budget Office CHIP

The Children’s Health Insurance Program covers almost 9 million low income kids in the country. The Congressional Budget Office released a prediction from its analysts that the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will cost $800 million for a 5 year renewal. This total could help lawmakers to overcome one of the main challenges to the program’s renewal. Some states risk running out of funding for their kids’ coverage as soon as the close of this month. Prior analyst estimates suggested the cost of renewing CHIP would be closer to $8.2…

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