Sen. Bill Nelson on CHIP funding

Following is a statement from U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) on Congress’s failure to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides coverage for over 8.9 million children across the country, including nearly 400,000 in Florida:
“Congress needs to act now before thousands of children in Florida lose their health insurance. Sadly, it seems the Republican-controlled Congress is more focused on cutting taxes for multinational corporations, instead of providing health care to children in need. That’s not right. Congress needs to get its act together and start working for everyday people, not major corporations.”
Nelson cosponsored legislation – known as the KIDS Act of 2017 – that would reauthorize the CHIP program for five years.