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Congress needs to do its job – renew funding for children’s health insurance

Guest Opinion//November 29, 2017//[read_meter]

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Congress needs to do its job – renew funding for children’s health insurance

Congress needs to do its job – renew funding for children’s health insurance

Guest Opinion//November 29, 2017//[read_meter]

The federal deadline to renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) came and went over a month ago without action from Congress.  The failure to renew this popular, bipartisan insurance...

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