House set to vote on CHIP funding next week

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote next week on extending funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (Source: “House to vote on funding for Children's Health Insurance Program next week,” The Hill, Oct. 26, 2017).

The long-awaited vote comes after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement following weeks of negotiating ways to pay for the program.

Funding for the program technically expired at the end of September, but states have enough funding to last for a few months.

The Energy and Commerce Committee earlier this month passed a bill extending funding for CHIP for five years with no support from Democrats. Democrats took issue with offsets that would cut funding to ObamaCare's public health fund and charge higher premiums to Medicare beneficiaries earning more than $500,000 a year.