Roland Williams

Myra Gregory and her son Roland.

Unless Congress acts, nearly 9 million US children could soon be without health care

Economics

At the end of September, Congress allowed the deadline for refunding CHIP to expire. Replenishing funds for the program should be a slam dunk in Congress — there is usually bipartisan support for this program that helps kids — but CHIP still doesn’t have a funding plan, and the program is running on fumes.