Paul Ryans latest political gambit is appalling, even for Paul Ryan
AARON RUPAR at Think Progress
https://thinkprogress.org/paul-ryan-congratulates-himself-for-chip-5f517e6c387b/
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Since it was first implemented in 1997, CHIP has cut the uninsured rate for children by 50 percent, and the program has historically enjoyed bipartisan support. But when CHIP’s budget came up for reauthorization last fall, Republicans decided to use it as a negotiating chip. As Vox explains:
The program got caught up in heated political negotiations about the future of some of the most polarizing issues in Congress: Obamacare and immigration policy.
Last fall, Republicans proposed a plan to extend the CHIP program for an additional five years. But that plan included a series of deeply partisan spending cuts to cover the costs of extending CHIP — such as slashing Obamacare programs and Medicare — and Democrats refused to support the bill.
The stalemate dragged on through the holidays. States began to sound the alarm that some of the 9 million kids in the program would lose coverage imminently if Congress didn’t do something.
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