Children’s Health Advocates Push For Permanent CHIP In Year-End Bill

Lawmakers should include in its year-end bill 12-months of continuous Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage for children and postpartum women, six children’s health care organizations said in a letter to Congressional leadership Thursday (Dec. 15) -- though the groups didn’t mention how to pay for such coverage. The letter from pediatric providers, plans and children’s health advocates comes as lawmakers go back and forth on whether to legislatively end the Medicaid maintenance of effort requirement in the end-of-year...