children’s health insurance program
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Diana DeGette: After 11 terms in Congress, she’s here to stay
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WASHINGTON – Diana DeGette just completed her 21st year as the Democratic congresswoman representing the district that includes the heart of Denver, making her the most senior member of the Colorado delegation and a force not to be overlooked in Washington’s hard knocks politics. While…
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Perlmutter greets congressional website visitors with message about DACA, health care funding
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U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter says he’ll be greeting visitors to his congressional website with a message of support for young immigrants and federal heath care programs until Congress tackles the issues with permanent fixes. “I support Dreamers, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and community health centers,” reads white text on a black pop-up graphic that…
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Hickenlooper among governors calling on Congress to fix DACA, end ‘holiday hostage situation’
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Gov. John Hickenlooper and a bipartisan group of governors on Wednesday called on congressional leaders to come up with a legislative fix before the end of the year to protect immigrants brought to the United States when they were children from deportation. “This holiday hostage situation has gone on too long,” Hickenlooper said in a…
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Colorado lawmakers pressure Congress to extend CHIP for low-income kids
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WASHINGTON – Colorado’s governor and a congresswoman are pressuring federal lawmakers to renew the CHIP program that provides medical insurance to children of low-income families. Republican congressional leaders are giving hints the Children’s Health Insurance Program will continue but not in its current form. Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, helped to organize a request to…
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Hickenlooper, Brown advocate for Congress to fund children’s health insurance
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and his Oregon counterpart, Kate Brown, took to the phones today to urge Congress to reauthorize the federal health insurance program for kids and pregnant women. Hickenlooper told reporters on the conference call that about 75,000 children and 800 pregnant women are at risk of losing their federally-funded health insurance. Money…
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Sens. Gardner and Bennet: Rural Colorado kids are counting on you to save CHP+
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When it comes to health disparities, it’s a tale of the teeth: Families of color and low-income kids and families are less likely to have access to dental care. This can lead to a lifetime of problems, including serious illness. Diabetes, heart disease and stroke are all associated with poor oral health. Which makes the…
