Jay Rockefeller: “What we need is an authority, because if we have an authority they can bond.”

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

Having health insurance is a fabulous thing. So is having an education.

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.

Without congressional action, I say again, CHIP will run out of funding next fall, placing at risk the well-being of hundreds of thousands of children and pregnant women.