More on CHIP

The Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a program designed to help children, and in turn students, of the lowest income families. Funding is on the chopping block. This is a federal program run by the various states. It ought to be noted that the cuts aren't being proposed because of misuse of the funds. Quite the contrary.

Not only is this a program that delivers, as intended, it's a vital program for a number of reasons. Let me give you one critical reason why this program has to continue and to be fully funded. Whether in low income rural regions or the inner city portions of America students often attend schools where a nurse is available but one or two days a week at most.

If the kids aren't able to access proper medical care at school then the CHIP initiative becomes all the more imperative. It is a vital lifeline for students from low income families.

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