President Obama signs SCHIP

President Obama signed into law the 2009 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA - H.R.2). Passed with bi-partisan support in the House and Senate and with unwavering support by President Obama, the bill reauthorizes the successful Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides states with federal dollars to provide health coverage to our nation's children. The bill also takes an important step to ensure all children in the U.S. have the opportunity to be healthy by removing the five-year waiting period for many legal immigrant children and pregnant women and allowing states to use federal funding to provide health coverage through the CHIP and Medicaid programs to these future citizens.