Celebrating Five Years – Achievements of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA)

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 4, 2014.

By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Building off the strong base of coverage for children in Medicaid, the creation of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 1997 made a significant investment toward advancing health coverage for children.  In the first ten years of CHIP, children gained coverage through both CHIP and Medicaid and changes helped simplify the application process in both programs.  And yet, in 2007, as…