The new estimate was included in a letter the budget office sent Friday to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT.
An Associated Press story in The Star Tribune reports the CBO now says a Senate bill adding five years of financing to the program would cost $800 million. Previously, the analysts estimated it would cost $8.2 billion.
The lower cost...Arizona News
2 million children could lose their health coverage in January if CHIP funding is not restored.
This according to a study by Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families.
The study indicated several states are operating off dwindling financial reserves while some are nearing full exhaustion of...
Cash for CHIP ran out when the federal fiscal year ended Sept. 30.
In the interim, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has used unspent dollars from the just-ended budget year to keep the program alive. Those funds will be depleted by December.
The Hill quoted Trish Riley, the executive director of the...
