covers over 9 million kids , but the well of federal funds has been for months, and with strife in Congress, lingers.
Kids in New Mexico won鈥檛 face losing coverage. As long as Medicaid is OK here, the program is OK too. But in order to fill the budget hole being created federally, the state still might have to with just over 30 million dollars.
insures 16,000 low-income New Mexican children. The there鈥檚 enough money set aside to keep the program until June 2018, but it all depends on Congress passing a to keep it going.
said she鈥檚 hopeful for a reauthorization but that personally, 鈥淧ardon the pun, I think CHIP is being used as a bargaining chip for federal negotiations on a variety of things.鈥�
There have been from the House and Senate to have a solution soon but much is left to speculation since all negotiations are being done .
Children are New Mexico鈥檚 top priority, Armstrong said, so for now state officials will prepare for the worst.
91暗网 reached out to HSD for comment, but as of airtime, didn鈥檛 get one.
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