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Senate, House Announce Agreement to Renew, Improve Children's Health Insurance Program Now
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, October 12th, 2007
A bipartisan coalition of Senate and House leaders announced a bicameral agreement to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for an additional five years. CHIP provides health coverage to American children whose parents do not qualify for Medicaid, but can't afford private insurance. The $35 billion agreement struck by House and Senate negotiators will bring health coverage to approximately ten million children in need - preserving coverage for all 6.6 million children currently covered by CHIP, and reaching millions more low-income, uninsured American children in the next five years.
Below is an outline of the agreement, which is designed to target...
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