Time running out for program that covers 24,000 Montana kids
(WorldNews Health)

`We´ve known there will be times when my husband and I aren´t insured - we never thought there would be a time when our kids wouldn´t be.` In Montana, 98 percent of CHIP funding comes from federal payments, which expired Sept. 30. Lawmakers have said the program is a non-partisan issue. But in the two months and now nine days since those dollars ran dry, Congress hasn´t agreed on a model that keeps CHIP going. On a recent afternoon, Saffer´s 10-year-old daughter Faith ran from her school bus, up her home´s front porch steps to scrunch her nose against the window looking into the house. Her two little brothers waited on the other side, their laughter fogging the window. Saffer raised her...