Letter: It is crucial that Congress extend CHIP funding

Congress allowed the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides health insurance to 9 million American children, to expire Sept. 30. Without CHIP funding, millions of children nationwide and thousands in our state will be at risk of losing their health coverage, with no other affordable alternative. With a lot of bipartisan support for this widely popular program, it should be a no-brainer to pass a clean, fully funded, extension of CHIP; Congress just needs to act.CHIP ens