Congress allowed funding for the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to lapse in 2017, leaving an estimated 220,000 Ohio children at risk of losing their health coverage as soon as January 19.
We'll discuss what is causing the unusual delay in appropriating funds for the program and how CHIP families may be impacted in 2018.
Guests:
- Steve Wagner, executive director, Universal Health Care Action Network Ohio
- Rea Hederman, executive vice president, The Buckeye Institute
- Sandy Theis, executive director, Progress Ohio