In our opinion: Congress should make renewing CHIP a priority

Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) — an initiative that provides basic health care for nearly 20,000 Utah children — lapsed Sept. 30. In the months since, CHIP has become a contentious issue amid broader debates about health care and tax reform. Congressional leaders have been unable to garner bipartisan support for the program.Sen. Orrin Hatch, one of the original authors of the bill that created CHIP, is well positioned to depoliticize debates