{"id":442775,"date":"2017-10-11T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=442775"},"modified":"2017-10-11T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:37:34","slug":"congress-jeopardizes-health-insurance-for-11300-nm-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2017\/10\/congress-jeopardizes-health-insurance-for-11300-nm-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress jeopardizes health insurance for 11,300 NM children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Affordable Care Act and its Medicaid expansion will live on following the death Sept. 27 of congressional Republicans\u2019 last-ditch effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. But uncertainty remains for thousands of families in New Mexico whose children are covered through the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program. Congress recently allowed funding for the program to\u00a0expire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CHIP, which began under the Clinton administration, covers children from lower- and middle-income families who make too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to buy private insurance. CHIP covers 9 million kids in the U.S.<\/p>\n