RE: Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization
Dear Speaker Ryan and Leaders McConnell, Schumer, and Pelosi:
As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal
health care policy that fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care. As patient and
physician advocates, we write to urge the inclusion of reauthorization of the Children’s Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) in the continuing resolution (CR) to be considered this week.
CHIP provides health coverage to eligible children, through both Medicaid and separate CHIP
programs administered by states, according to federal requirements. The Alliance is concerned
that authorization for federal funding of the program lapsed several months ago. Asthis program
is funded jointly by states and the federal government, we urge Congress to reauthorize funding
for this program to prevent any disruption in coverage and access to care for eligible children.
We appreciate your consideration and urge reauthorization of the CHIP program.
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