Kids Health Bill: A Thank You to Congress

Posted 02/04/09 at 06:08pm

schip thank you As we speak SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, is being signed into law by President Barack Obama. The bill will provide access to health care for millions of children across the country. Importantly, the bill passed with provisions for lawfully-present immigrant children firmly intact.

When it passed out of the Senate last week, the New York Times reported:

One of the most significant sections of the child health bill would allow states to use federal money to cover children and pregnant women who are legal immigrants. Under existing law, legal immigrants are generally barred from Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program for five years after they enter the United States.

"The bill would end an inequity that we have been trying to eradicate for more than a decade," said Jennifer M. Ng'andu, a health policy specialist at the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic rights group.

Thanks to the leadership of Congress and the Obama Administration, the most vulnerable among us-including immigrant children-will now have access to the critical medical care they deserve. The White House and Congress are standing up for what's right, and moving forward on common sense solutions that help all Americans.

Click here for the full page ad we helped sponsor in today's Politico (pictured to the right). We look forward to working with the new Congress to tackle broader reforms needed to get America back on track, like comprehensive immigration reform.

The full list of ad sponsors are: National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Mexican American Legal Defese & Educational Fund, National Council of La Raza, Center for Community Change, America's Voice Education Fund, Immigration Policy Center, National Immigration Forum, National Immigration Law Center, and the Service Employees International Union.

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Thanks to the leadership of Congress and the Obama Administration, the most vulnerable among us-including immigrant children-will now have access to the critical medical care they deserve. The White House and Congress are standing up for what’s right, and moving forward on common sense solutions that help all Americans.

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