The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ensures that we always give our kids a winning hand of lifelong health! Republicans and Democrats created this critically important program in 1997 because it was a low-cost, sound investment in our children's health and future—and they were right! Since enacted, the uninsured rate for children has dropped by nearly 68%!

 

 

From Jan in Michigan:

 

From the time my daughter Suzi was young, we knew she was going to need extra help. She was diagnosed in second grade with ADHD, and we proceeded to try a medical solution for her attention problems. We struggled to make sure she received special educational support at school, and at home she needed behavior modification to successfully take care of her needs.

 

As she got older, she was diagnosed as being bipolar and required a different approach to control her mood swings and irritability. Without having access to quality health care, we would have been lost. Thanks to MIChild coverage, with a premium of only $10 a month, we were able to afford the help she so desperately needed. She is now a high school graduate with the goal of attending community college to become a cosmetology student, and we are so grateful that we have been able to get the help necessary to get her to this state.

 

You can read more stories from parents about CHIP in our storybook, and if you have a story of your own about CHIP, you can submit it here.