Time running out for program that covers 24,000 Montana kids

Montana’s health department is drafting letters to the families of 24,000 kids who rely on federal dollars for health coverage. The message is simple: Their kids will lose their plans come Feb. 1 unless Congress steps in.

Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, is the net that catches families making too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to afford insurance.

"You’re talking about Montana’s working class, the farmers, the concrete pourers," said Belgrade resident Darcy Saffer, whose four kids rely on CHIP.

By Katheryn Houghton Chronicle Staff Writer

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