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HealthConnections: The Ticking Clock

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Federal funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program ended on September 30. Community Health Centers face the same problem. Little progress has been made on a bipartisan approach for stabilizing the health insurance marketplaces, and now Congress debates a tax plan that has significant implications for health coverage.

As the clock ticks down on 2017, University of Tennessee associate professor Carole Myers talks about what's left to do, and what the year's remaining days might hold for health legislation and policy.