Rep. Meeks Statement on Children’s Health Insurance Program
Rep. Meeks Statement on Children's Health Insurance Program
Washington, D.C.—Congressman Gregory W. Meeks released the following statement urging House leadership to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program immediately:
"Since its creation, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has provided vital, life-saving care to millions of children across our nation. The numbers are telling: under CHIP, the uninsured rate for children under 18 dropped from 14.95 to 4.8%.
"With the September 30th deadline to reauthorize this crucial program approaching rapidly, we must not allow any lapse in federal funding. The nation's governors have come together in a bipartisan coalition to request that Congress support five-year reauthorization. The Senate has done so, and now it falls upon this House to follow suit. I urge my colleagues to pass a five-year reauthorization of CHIP immediately."