400,000 Texas children at risk of losing health insurance

[TexasTowelie]

About 400,000 Texas children and pregnant women could lose health insurance coverage if the federal government doesn’t renew funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Congress missed the Sept. 30 deadline to reauthorize funding for the program, commonly known as CHIP, leaving some states with enough money for the program to last through the end of the year.

Texas CHIP would run out of money in January or February. After that, the state could face a $3 billion funding hole over the next two years for the program if Congress does nothing, said Carrie Williams, spokeswoman for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

“We’ve been watching the CHIP reauthorization issue very closely. Indications are that it will be reauthorized, and we are hopeful for that,” Williams said.

Read more: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/400-000-texas-children-risk-losing-health-insurance/xtKmQrpUgdEwRpF54asecK/

[joshdawg]

1. If left to the republican-controlled Congress,

and it is, this program's funding will NOT be re-authorized.
republicans are not known for doing the right thing.

[atreides1]

2. Ask yourself a question?

How many of those children are related or connected to any Republican politician in D.C. or Austin?


Now, ask yourself another question, how many Republican voters with children affected by this decision, will continue to vote Republican?