Earlier this week, President Donald Trump asked Congress to claw back $7 billion in federal funding for children鈥檚 health insurance coverage. But Washington, D.C.,鈥檚 decisions probably won鈥檛 have an immediate impact here.
The Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, helps kids whose families make too much money to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private insurance.
The d the move wouldn鈥檛 affect CHIP programs across the country because the money can only be used if the national economy goes south.
Bill Jordan with agrees.
"There鈥檚 likely no harm to New Mexico as long as the economy stays strong," Jordan said.
, vice-chair of New Mexico鈥檚 Legislative Finance Committee said that even if CHIP does face some federal funding problems, the state has enough money for it.
The program serves about 11,000 children in New Mexico.
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91暗网鈥檚 Public Health New Mexico project is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the McCune Charitable Foundation, and the Con Alma Health Foundation.
