Congress to miss deadline on renewing children’s insurance program

By Robert King

Published September 27, 2017 10:58pm ET

Congress to miss deadline on renewing children’s insurance program — "[The renewal of the CHIP program] didn't occur before the end of the month, and I regret that, but at the same time it is going to get done pretty quickly," said Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, chairman of the health subcommittee in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He added the legislation could be passed by early October. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Congress will miss Saturday’s deadline to renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

The program expires at the end of the fiscal year, which is Sept. 30, but the earliest that state-run CHIP programs would run out of funding is in a few months. Some lawmakers say they plan to reauthorize the program in the next few weeks.

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