Barack Obama: "Before we even passed health care, 4 millions kids got health insurance that didn't have it before, through the Children's Health Insurance Program."

Published: Thursday, October 28th, 2010 at 6:48 p.m.

Subjects: Families, Health Care

Sources:

U.S. House of Representatives, Roll call vote for SCHIP , Jan. 14, 2009

Washington Post, " House Votes to Expand Child Health Insurance ," Jan. 14, 2009

White House Web site, CHIP , accessed Feb. 4, 2009

Thomas, SCHIP legislation , accessed Feb. 4, 2009

Congressional Budget Office, CBO's Estimate of the Effects on Direct Spending and Revenues of the House Amendments to the Senate Amendments to H.R. 976, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, Sept. 25, 2007.

Congressional Budget Office, H.R. 2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, Feb. 11, 2009

Kaiser Family Foundation, Monthly CHIP enrollment, accessed Oct. 28, 2010

Written by: Angie Drobnic Holan
Researched by: Angie Drobnic Holan
Edited by: Martha Hamilton

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