The law offers more than $10 billion in federal matching grants to states to expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program, but many states have not come up with their side of the match.
About 15 states scaled back coverage by increasing waiting periods, raising premiums or making sign-up more complicated, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the National Academy for State Health Policy and Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families.
Read USA Today‘s report on health insurance for children.
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