Weeks after key deadline, children’s health care program remains unfunded

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WASHINGTON — Almost two weeks after a federal health care initiative for children passed a key deadline, lawmakers have yet to move forward to continue the program.
The Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, expired Sept. 30 — meaning that the federal government is no longer providing new funds to states to administer the program that serves more than 8 million children nationwide.
Most states have enough money in their coffers to continue running the progra