House Panel Schedules CHIP Hearing To Prepare For 2015 Funding Debate

The House Energy & Commerce Committee scheduled a hearing next Wednesday (Dec. 3) to examine the future of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is set to run out of funding in September 2015 unless Congress authorizes additional money, and also made clear that it would be tackling the issue next year. Stakeholders have been urging Congress to take action as soon as possible on the issue, noting that states will soon be putting together their 2015 budgets and...