Voice for Medicare, Medicaid Retiring

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Mary Agnes Carey, Senior Correspondent, Kaiser Health News Sen. John D. Rockefeller’s announcement on Jan. 11 that he would not seek a sixth term in 2014 will leave the poor, elderly and disabled without one of their strongest advocates on Capitol Hill. Rockefeller played a leading role in 1997 in creating the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which serves nearly 8 million children nationwide, including 40,000 in his home state of West Virginia. He has been a fierce protector not …