A US Republican bill to extend the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program will strip money from efforts to prevent infectious disease, lead poisoning, and opioid addiction, say public health advocates. The Clinton era program known as CHIP—which for 20 years has insured millions of lower income US children—expired on 30 September, halting federal payments to states that administer the program. All states are currently continuing the program using unspent dollars from previous transfers, but these funds will run out in over 30 states by the end of spring 2018. The Community Health and Medical Professionals Improve Our Nation (CHAMPION) Bill, sponsored by an Oregon Republican, Greg Walden, aims to restart CHIP …

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美国医生对突袭公共卫生基金以支付儿童医疗费用的计划表示关注

公共卫生倡导者说，一项美国共和党通过的法案，扩大了受欢迎的儿童健康保险计划，将从预防传染病，铅中毒和阿片类药物成瘾的努力中脱颖而出。克林顿时代的CHIP计划已于20月30日到期，该计划为20百万美国低收入儿童提供了保险。该计划已于9月30日到期，暂停了向执行该计划的州的联邦付款。目前，所有州都在使用以前转移的未使用美元来继续该计划，但到2018年春季末，这些资金将在30多个州中用完。俄勒冈州共和党人发起的《社区卫生和医疗专业人员改善国家（CHAMPION）法案》 ，格雷格·沃尔登（Greg Walden）旨在重新启动CHIP…