According to an article published by USA Today, nearly $1 trillion in federal cuts to the Medicaid program approved by House Republicans threaten getting low income and special needs children covered by insurance. Concerns are magnified by the Sept. 30 deadline for CHIP reauthorization, which some worry will be used as a bargaining tool to get the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) through the Senate. AHCA would cut $880 billion from Medicaid over a 10-year period, leaving the most vulnerable without coverage. To read the full article, please visit USA Today.