Let’s talk about the Children’s Health Insurance Program, commonly known as CHIP.http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0928-chip-20170927-story.html …
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CHIP currently provides health insurance for over 9M low-income children, including more than 142,300 kids in Maryland.
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CHIP isn’t a controversial program. In 1997, D's and R' s worked together to ensure that the kids of the working poor would receive care.
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But a few weeks ago, Congressional Republicans let CHIP expire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/10/01/9-million-kids-get-health-insurance-under-chip-congress-just-let-it-expire/?utm_term=.13ccbe2b7743 …
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Instead of focusing on renewing CHIP, Republicans spent all of September waging their war against the Affordable Care Act.
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If Congressional Republicans don't reauthorize the program, they will start denying critical care to some of our country’s most vulnerable.
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Let every senator know: We cannot leave them behind!
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Folks would be shocked to learn who’s on CHIP. My kids for a while. It keeps kids from falling through to cracks!
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