CBO: Extending CHIP for 10 years instead of 5 will not cost the government anything

It's been 103 days since the Republican Congress allowed funding to expire for the Children's Health Insurance Program and community health centers, and the only thing those Republicans have done about it is to pass a Band-Aid of $2.85 billion in temporary funding. That funding will not prevent some states from having to shutter programs starting as early as next month.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/11/1731919/-CBO-Extending-CHIP-for-10-years-instead-of-5-will-not-cost-the-government-anything