Health care coverage for 6,000 Mahoning Valley children at risk

BOARDMAN

Health care coverage for more than 6,000 Mahoning Valley children will be put at risk if Congress fails to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), said U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Cleveland, D-Ohio.

“Extending funding for the program, which is set to expire in September, is not only the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do for children and states and the nation”, said Brown, speaking today at Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley urging Congress to act on the funding issue.

Brown was joined on the podium by two mothers, Ericka Flaherty of Youngstown and Jessica Miller of Lisbon, who said CHIP enabled them to get medical care needed by their children without throwing them deeply in debt.