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There are another handful of states where their CHIP carry-over funds will soon be exhausted. Benefit cuts, enrollment freezes and kicking people off of the program are the few steps that states can take if there is not a re-authorization of CHIP in the next few weeks.

So this time, non-ironically, what about the kids?

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  1. 1.

    Yutsano

    So this time, non-ironically, what about the kids?

    Screw the rugrats. Oligarchs need their sweet sweet tax cuts.

  2. 2.

    Mart

    Silly question. We all know that poor kids need die to help offset the rich folks tax cuts. It’s only fair.

  4. 4.

    TenguPhule

    I’m going to take Chip reauthorization under a Republican controlled House and Senate as first of never, Alex.

  5. 5.

    Yutsano

    The ONLY hope I’ve seen here is if it gets thrown into the CR. Because the Republicans haven’t even STARTED the budget process for fiscal year 2018. And that might also get spiked because of DACA.

  6. 6.

    Roger Moore

    So this time, non-ironically, what about the kids?

    Fuckem. If they wanted healthcare, they should have been born in a civilized country.

  7. 7.

    Spanky

    So this time, non-ironically, what about the kids?

    I have a modest proposal ….

    Nah, better not. I don’t want a CongressNAZI to get wind of it and have it wind up in legislation.

  8. 8.

    rk

    So this time, non-ironically, what about the kids?

    My solution is a complete ban on abortion so that we’ll be able to quickly replace those kids who die due to lack of health care.
    Any more questions you need answered?

  9. 9.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    Colorado announces that it has started sending letters out to CHIP families warning them that their coverage is in jeopardy.

    Republicans are asshole authoritarian scumbags who all need to be kicked from office.

  10. 10.

    kindness

    You know Republicans aren’t going to renew CHIP, right? They tried using it as sweetner to get Democrats to vote for bills they wouldn’t (and didn’t thank goodness). So it is gone.

    Republican Congresscritters don’t represent their citizens any more. Now they only represent their donors. One would like to see the Tea Party set go nuclear at that point but the Tea Party was always a farce more useful to bait scared Democrats with.

  11. 11.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Once the kid is out of the womb, he or she is on their own.

    So much for “pro-life”.

  14. 14.

    MJS

    Just in keeping with the upcoming holiday season. “Well perhaps they should hurry up and die, and reduce the surplus population” may have been uttered by Scrooge, but it’s the Republicans’ guiding principle.

  15. 15.

    MomSense

    Remember how for years Republicans were all about the “culture of life”? Apparently it’s only from conception until birth.

  16. 16.

    Citizen Alan

    @MomSense:

    Nope. They don’t support prenatal care either. They don’t want to allow abortions, but they’re perfectly fine with skyrocketing infant mortality rates.

  18. 18.

    Gvg

    @TenguPhule: I sort of recall Citizens United was specifically overturning Colorado’s strict anti bribery laws that grew out of the seriously corrupt silver rush period, a reaction. Anyway, if the Supream Court actually knew history, they would have known their own arguments were bullshit disproven by actual experience.

  19. 19.

    lowtechcyclist

    The Republicans are the Party of Evil. Fortunately they’re also the Party of Incompetence, but occasionally they are just competent enough at tearing stuff down to somewhat succeed at that.

    Hell of a lot easier to tear stuff down than build stuff up. Not much to be proud of.

  21. 21.

    Earl

    Nine million kids get CHIP. It’s dead and gone until at least 5 Jan 2019.

    I despair of wondering when the stupids in this country will finally figure out some of the differences between the two parties, but does anyone think this will finally clarify loyalties for parents of these kids?

    In CA our 2m CHIP recipients received $2.4B of federal funding in FY 2016. Hopefully we can cover that, but that is a big lift just after we finished a budget.

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