The U.S. House today is expected to vote on a new proposal to expand health insurance to millions more of American children. A bipartisan drive in Congress has attempted to expand the 10-year-old State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to reach more kids in low- to moderate-income working families who otherwise would not have insurance. SCHIP now reaches 37,000 Iowa children, a figure that would grow significantly under the legislation. Read the backgrounder on SCHIP facts and a guest opinion in the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Our press release sets the record straight on inaccurate claims about access for undocumented immigrants. Also read the one-page backgrounder (Sept. 25) about what's at stake for Iowa, and Sept. 19 press release.
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