Jay Rockefeller: “I do not want to advocate for higher fares, but the truth is that brutal competition and too many seats have probably…”

one of the things that happened with the CBO scoring was that yes, there was a cost because you were keeping CHIP operating, but there was a savings because the children were not transferring into the Affordable Care Act, for example.

Creating this program has been one of the most meaningful things I have done in my career in public service.

I am interested in the children who still have to be reached out to, in the Alabamas and West Virginias and Pennsylvanias and Ohios, et cetera.

We simply cannot afford to take this major step backwards and jeopardize the future of generations by allowing CHIP to expire.