Nearly 1,200 Stakeholders Urge Congress To Extend CHIP Funding Now

A group of nearly 1,200 stakeholders, including hospitals, physicians and families advocates, are urging congressional leaders to take up legislation during the lame duck session that would extend the Children's Health Insurance Program, which is slated to lose funding after Sept. 30, 2015, for an additional four years. States are already developing their budgets and will be left with no choice but to slash their CHIP services to account for the impending shortfall if Congress fails to act, the groups...