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February 8, 2009
Legal Immigrant children no longer need to wait 5 years to obtain affordable health care
On February 4, 2009, President Obama signed into law the 2009 Children's Health Program Reauthorization Act (CHPRA H.R. 2) . This law reauthorizes the Children's Health Program which provides money to the states for children's health. Included in the law is also a provision which removes the five year waiting period for legal immigrant children and pregnant women to access health coverage It does this by granting federal money to the states so that they may provide health coverage through CHIP and Medicaid.
This is a welcome development at a time when people may be losing health insurance as a result of a job layoffs.
