HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Release Of $6 Billion In New CHIP Funds To Insure Children

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that $6 billion in new federal funds will be made available to states and U.S. territories for fiscal year 2009 to provide health care to millions of children across America through their Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP). The new funds for CHIP were made available by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 4.

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Filed under: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance on June 25th, 2009