Governor urges Congressional action to restore children’s health program

CHIP funding will run out here in January 2018; notices will go out by Dec. 1 to families who will lose coverage

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Once again, health care advocates are alarmed about loss of funding for children and pregnant women. In the drama over the latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Congress let funding expire for The Children’s Health Insurance Program, also called CHIP.

In Washington state, these funds will run out in January 2018. The state is preparing to notify families of about 16,000 children that they will lose coverage.

According to the governor’s office, CHIP provides access to essential health care services to about 60,000 Washington children each year.

Congress has known for two years that funding was set to expire this fall, but failed to act.