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yallerdawg

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2. Alabama's "ALL Kids," our CHIP program.

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 12:06 PM

Jan 2018

The last approved Continuing Resolution December 21 last year:

The Alabama Department of Public Health has decided not to freeze enrollment for the Children's Health Insurance Program on Jan. 1 or terminate coverage Feb. 1 because Congress approved a temporary funding measure.

ALL Kids has operated since 1998 and has helped reduce the number of uninsured children in Alabama from 20 percent to 2.4 percent.

Nationally, CHIP covers about 9 million children. Other states, like Alabama, have made plans to shut down their programs if Congress does not provide funds.

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/alabama_childrens_health_insur.html

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I'm fine with it. bearsfootball516 Jan 2018 #1

Alabama's "ALL Kids," our CHIP program. yallerdawg Jan 2018 #2