Sen. Rockefeller Pushes To Extend CHIP Funding In Lame Duck

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), the driving force behind the bipartisan Children's Health Insurance Program, is extolling Congress to extend the program's funding through 2019 during the lame duck session following the November elections. He warns that failing to do so would cause millions of children to lose their coverage and wreak havoc on states' already strained budgets. Funding for the program to provide health insurance to low income children -- a federal and state partnership much like Medicaid -- is...