New York Facing Dire Consequences If Congress Doesn’t Act On CHIP, State Official Warns
The state would have to address a nearly $1 billion shortfall if Congress doesn't renew funding for the popular program.
New York will have to convene a special legislative session to address a nearly $1 billion shortfall if Congress doesn鈥檛 quickly renew funding for the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the state鈥檚 health department said Wednesday. In a letter to Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan, the state鈥檚 health commissioner warned about the consequences if CHIP funding is not renewed 鈥渋n the next few weeks.鈥 (Weixel, 10/11)
In other news from Capitol Hill聽鈥
Senate Democrats are calling on the National Institutes of Health to renew recently-lapsed funding for gun violence research following聽the Las Vegas concert shooting. In a letter to NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Chris Murphy (Conn.), and 21 others joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)聽in saying that continuing the program is urgent. (Weixel, 10/11)
