host: alex ruoff. guest: yeah, chip is funded largely through the federal overnment, unlike other programs like medicaid or subsidies you might get on the market, most money is federal money and states pay for it. their own program. florida you get larger freedom, set out. that chip is an expensive program, yout to be generous because are paying insurance for children, a very specific set of low-income children. it does try to go an extra mile medicaid. i don't know if you have children, there is medicaid say, childrenwill aren't cheap to take care of, they are regularly visited by regular check-ups, there is assistance through this nd you are trying to cover these children over set of period. children does medicaid pick up versus the 9 talked about through chip? guest: complicated. a lot of programs are medicaid and chip programs. i don't have the number sitting large t of me, but a majority of that 9 million are under medicaid programs that are programs,edicaid chip this is just -- host: states put t

we look at your money and the chip program with alex ruoff,, a health column -- a health policy reporter"newsmakers" is up next. be sure to check out in-depth this week. this month's with michael lewis at noon eastern time on c-span2. thank you for joining us. enjoy the rest of your weekend. have a great week ahead. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >>