KCHIP successes

Today's Courier-Journal commends Governor Steve Beshear's successes with KCHIP:

[Last year, Gov. Beshear] pledged “courage and commitment to act now” to cover at least 35,000 of the state's 67,000 children who were eligible for the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) or Medicaid but were not enrolled in the government medical programs to help needy children and families. He gave it two years.

This week, the Governor announced 32,000 more children have been signed up for KCHIP and Medicaid, and that the state is on pace to sign up another 3,000 children by the end of the year, beating the Governor's self-imposed timetable.

Gov. Beshear should be saluted not only for making this a priority, but for making good on this priority. But there are miles to go, as he strives to sign up every eligible family in the state.