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CHKD and the state budget
As it stands today, the state budget will cut CHKD by just under $2 million in Medicaid payments in each of the next two fiscal years. This is a significant loss for CHKD, the only freestanding children’s hospital in the Commonwealth and the facility with the state’s highest percentage of Medicaid inpatient days. 53% of CHKD’s inpatient population is covered by Medicaid. The state’s next closest provider is at 28%. We are working closely with Delegate Chris Jones to seek support from the Governor to fully restore CHKD as the budget reaches his desk. We thank you all for your continued support and advocacy on behalf of CHKD. Your calls, emails and letters were heard in Richmond, and if you follow these links to The Virginian-Pilot and WAVY, you'll see that our fight continues on.
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