FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2005 CONTACT: Kevin Schweers SENATOR HUTCHISON LAMENTS LOST HEALTH CARE FUNDING Texas Forfeited $104 Million in Additional CHIP Funding, HHS Says WASHINGTON, DC -- In a setback for Texas taxpayers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that the State of Texas forfeited $104 million in Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding for fiscal year 2002, raising the total lost by the state since 2000 to more than $700 million. “The health care system in Texas, and particularly our county hospital network, is under enormous pressure because of the large number of...