President Expands SCHIP to Cover Children of Legal Immigrants
Two years ago, former President George W. Bush blocked legislation that would expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). In February 2009, President Barak Obama signed the legislation to expand the program, which will now be able to provide government-subsidized insurance to 4 million mostly low-income children.
The program will reduce the number of uninsured children in America by about half over the next 4 1/2 years and increase the number of shildren covered by the program to 11 million. The measure is primarily funded by increasing the federal tax on cigarettes to $1 a pack. The expansion of SCHIP will now allow states to provide insurance to the children of legal immigrants who have been in the country for less than five years and loosen identification requirements for those enrolling.
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