Children's Health Care, Diabetes Programs Funded In Short-Term US Measure

28 Dec 2017

• By Sue Darcey

Congress has passed a third continuing resolution bill to provide partial FY 2018 funding. The measure also supports the Children's Health Insurance Program and two special diabetes programs – all of which provide basic health care and diagnostics to the poor, while also supporting next-gen technology research – using dollars from a prevention and public health fund.

Before leaving town for the holidays, US Congress passed and President Trump signed, a third continuing resolution measure that will keep the government running through Jan. 19, 2018. The Dec. 21 CR bill also supplies needed funding for several crucial health programs that provide testing, wellness and catastrophic health care for children and the economically disadvantaged, including the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), diabetes programs for type I diabetes and for American Indians.

The measure redirects $750m from the prevention and public health fund (PPHF) to support the extension of funding for CHIP...