Rep. Capps on Kids Health Care Video Code
Rep. Capps on Kids Health Care
The House is now considering the final House-Senate agreement to reauthorize the successful Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), H.R. 976, for an additional five years. CHIP provides health coverage to American children whose parents do not qualify for Medicaid, but can not afford private insurance. This bill will bring health coverage to approximately ten million children in need -- preserving coverage for all 6.6 million children currently covered by CHIP, and reaching millions more low-income, uninsured American children in the next five years. Rep. Lois Capps speaks in favor of the bill, which President Bush has promised to veto.