House Dems' Budget Extends CHIP Four Years; Stops Medicare Sequester; Assumes End To SGR

House Democrats on Monday (March 23) introduced a budget that would extend the Children's Health Insurance Program for four years, stop the Medicare sequester and provide enough money to cover the cost replacing the Sustainable Growth Rate, according to a summary of the budget. “The Democratic budget was prepared while the development of bipartisan permanent [SGR] reform legislation was still in process, so the budget does not assume specific policy provisions,” the summary states. “However, it does provide sufficient funding...