CHIP Hearing Memo Looks At Phasing Out ACA Funding Bump

June 14, 2017 at 8:08 PM
The House Energy & Commerce GOP staff memo lays out six options for extending CHIP funding, with and without the Affordable Care Act's funding bump, but stresses the funding "must be appropriately offset to secure strong bipartisan support in Congress." The committee published the memo prior to a hearing on the Children's Health Insurance Program that was initially set for Wednesday (June 14), though that hearing was postponed after House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) was shot that morning. "One...


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