In a July 17 letter, Rep. McCollum (D-Minn.) urged Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), chairman, Subcommittee on Health, House Ways and Means Committee, to protect hospital payments when considering offsets for reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

While Rep. McCollum strongly supports reauthorization and expansion of SCHIP, she outlined her concern over the possibility of cutting hospital payments in order to pay for the improvements. See letter, [PDF]

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