Finance Democrats Bring Up CHIP Funding Amendment

Senate Finance Committee Democrats on Wednesday (Jan. 28) brought up an amendment to the Hire More Heroes Act that would extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program through 2019, but they stopped short of actually offering the amendment and instead used the hearing to show they want to keep the program running. CHIP offers low-cost health coverage for pregnant women and children of families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act authorized the...