MACPAC Reports To Congress That CHIP Funding Should Be Extended For Five Years

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission sent a report to Congress Tuesday (Jan. 17) with a package of recommendations built on the core idea that lawmakers should extend federal funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal 2022. CHIP insures 8.4 million children who don't qualify for Medicaid and funding is set to expire at the end of fiscal 2017. “If CHIP funding is not extended, millions of low- and moderate-income children would face the prospect of...