On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
6 million children in this country who are currently eligible for SCHIP and Medicaid do not have health insurance. These children's parents work, but they cannot afford to ensure that their children have well-child care, and they have to resort to the emergency room for even the most basic services, like treatment for an ear infection. This is wrong. Today's bill will help these families, but with a number of changes that vastly improve the legislation. It allows States to give coverage to pregnant women and people who are here legally. It preserves simplified outreach and enrollment procedures. ... we need to provide this care for our kids because in the most civilized country in the world, no child should go without health care.
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