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Issue Briefs and Other Resources |
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FACT SHEET:
New
State Option to Provide Health Coverage to Immigrant Children and
Pregnant Women.
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
provides states with a new opportunity to provide affordable health
coverage to many immigrant children and pregnant women through Medicaid
and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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FEBRUARY 4, 2009:
Remarks by President Obama on Signing of Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP) Bill (HTML
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MSNBC Video) --
"In a decent society, there are certain obligations
that are not subject to tradeoffs or negotiation -- health care for our
children is one of those obligations." --Pres. Barack Obama
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Facts about the Immigrant Children's
Health Improvement Act (ICHIA). Why legislation
is needed | Primary health care for children and pregnant women saves
money | Immigrants should benefit from health programs supported by
their taxes | Flexibility and fiscal relief for states (PDF)
(updated 3/08)
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Letter to senators urging legislation to benefit immigrant children.
Letter
signed by 334 organizations urges Senators to "return honesty,
realism, and integrity to the debate on health care" -- and to pass
health care legislation that would benefit immigrant children.
(12/12/07) |
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NILC Urges Congress to Honor Its Commitment to
Immigrant Children.
NILC is bitterly
disappointed that Congress has failed yet again to address the health
needs of immigrant children and pregnant women.
(Posted 9/28/07)
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NON-NILC
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November 2008 Poll Shows Widespread
Support for Healthcare for Every Child. Polling data
released by
First Focus reveals that
79 percent of Americans support expanding SCHIP to cover lawfully
present immigrant children. Currently, such children and pregnant
women face a five-year waiting period before they are eligible for SCHIP
coverage.
(Posted 12/22/08) |
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Statement of the American Academy of
Pediatrics' on SCHIP reauthorization,
calling for coverage of lawfully residing
immigrant children and pregnant women.
(Posted 6/14/07) |
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Letter from the National Governors
Association to Senate Finance Committee leadership re:
governors' priorities for 2007 reauthorization of SCHIP, which includes
covering lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women, a
long-standing NGA policy. (6/7/07) |
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Faith Community Supports ICHIA:
The heads of 20 national religious organizations representing 50 million
Americans joined with PICO National Network and the National Council of
Churches USA in asking Senate Finance Chair Baucus and Majority Leader
Reid to allow states to "cover pregnant women and legally documented
immigrant children" as part of the 2007 SCHIP reauthorization. (6/7/07) |
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Letter from California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger to leadership of the
Senate Finance Committee
supporting inclusion of ICHIA in
SCHIP reauthorization.
(6/5/07) |
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Letter from California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger to leadership of the
House Energy and Commerce Committee
supporting inclusion of ICHIA in
SCHIP reauthorization.
(6/5/07) |
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"Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Priorities
for SCHIP Reauthorization," by Katherine K. Shea, Karen
Davis, Anne Gauthier, Rachel Nuzum, Barry Scholl, and Edward L. Schor
(The Commonwealth Fund, Apr. 25, 2007).
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Immigrant Children's Health
Improvement Act Fact Sheet (California Immigrant Policy
Center, May 2007). |
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"Reducing Disparities in Health Coverage for
Legal Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women," by Leighton Ku,
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Apr. 20, 2007. |
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More information about ICHIA is available on the
"Immigrant Children's Health
Improvement Act" web page of the National Council of La Raza. |
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The "Legal Immigrant Children's
Health Improvement Act of 2007" was introduced in both the U.S.
Senate and House of Representatives on March 5, 2007. The bill numbers
are S 764 and HR 1308, respectively. The full text of the
bills is available from
http://thomas.loc.gov/.
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Children's Health Bill Aids Legal
Immigrants, by Laura Meckler, The Wall Street Journal,
Jan. 13, 2009.
(Posted 1/13/09) |
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Congress Set to Renew Health Care
for Children, by Robert Pear, New York Times, Jan. 12,
2009.
(Posted 1/13/09) |
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