HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) Kyl of Arizona amendment that would require states to detail how they will limit allowing lower-income children seeking coverage under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program from being “crowded out” by those with higher incomes/On agreeing to the amendment
senate Roll Call 22
Jan 28, 2009
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This vote was on an amendment by Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., that would have required each state to submit a detailed plan describing how it will limit families with higher income from “crowding out” from the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) families with lower income. This is a phenomenon Kyl said he was concerned about happening as families drop their higher-cost private health insurance in favor of SCHIP. The amendment also would have required the Health and Human Services Department to ensure that states that cover higher-income populations also cover a certain quota of low-income children, or risk losing its funding. The amendment was offered to a bill that expands and reauthorizes SCHIP, which offers health insurance for children of families who are too poor to purchase private health insurance, but not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid. |
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