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When the CHIPs Are Down — Health Coverage and Care at Risk for U.S. Children

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  • Lisa C. Dubay, Ph.D.,
  • and Genevieve M. Kenney, Ph.D.

Congress failed to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) last fall, causing uncertainty and worry for families and state CHIP directors alike. After a period of stopgap funding, CHIP was reauthorized for 6 years in late January.

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Funding and Disclosures

Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available at NEJM.org.

Editor’s note: CHIP was reauthorized for 6 years on January 22, 2018.

This article was published on January 10, 2018, at NEJM.org.

Author Affiliations

From the Urban Institute, Washington, DC.

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