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Record Number of Children Dropped From CHIP in May

  

Authors:
Anne Dunkelberg /(512) 320-0222 x 102
Lynsey Kluever /(512) 320-0222 x 112

May 3, 2007

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Today the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) announced that 17,078 fewer children will be covered by the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in May than in April. This is the second largest number of children ever to be disenrolled in one month, second only to immediately after state budget cuts in 2003.