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Bernie Sanders: “Current law provides for the possibility of automatically enrolling children in public health care (SCHIP or Medicaid)…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2012
Current law provides for the possibility of automatically enrolling children in public health care (SCHIP or Medicaid) when they are found eligible for a childcare subsidy, but no States have adopted this option.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the lack of state adoption for automatic enrollment in public health care for eligible children.

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