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Big Wins for Kids Health in Congress

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This week we celebrated Congress’s approval of HR2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, which includes a number of important policy wins for kids health. Most notably, the measure extends funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for two years and maintains a number of important policy provisions for the program, including enhanced federal matching funds. Also included in the bill is a two-year funding extension for the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program and funding for federally qualified health centers, safety net clinics that provide primary health care services to millions of American children and families. In a showing of strong bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate approved the measure 92-8 on Tuesday, following passage in the U.S. House on a vote of 392-37 in March. The measure now goes to the White House for President Obama’s signature.

We want to acknowledge and thank Colorado’s congressional delegation. Eight of Colorado’s nine members of Congress supported the measure. We particularly want to thank Sen. Michael Bennet for offering an amendment in the U.S. Senate, which would have extended funding for CHIP for four years, rather than two. While the amendment was not successful, Sen. Bennet once again demonstrated his strong support for health care for all children. With passage of this bill, we wrap up the CHIP Works Colorado campaign that we undertook in partnership with All Kids Covered. Kudos and thanks to the more than 40 organizations that participated in that effort and demonstrated strong support for health care for Colorado’s kids.


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