Thread: SCHIP does/will cover illegal aliens

The present SCHIP and the future SCHIP will cover children of illegal aliens and it will cover illegal aliens who are pregnant and will give birth in U.S.

360.000 anchor babies are born each year and they are covered by medicaid and SCHIP.


Democrats are liying about SCHIP not covering illegal aliens.


Read between the lines.


"States can cap or freeze enrollment in separate SCHIP programs.They cannot, however,close enrollment to eligible children in a SCHIP-funded Medicaid expansion.

Federal rules require states with separate SCHIP-funded programs to coordinate their enrollment procedures with Medicaid to prevent children from "falling through the cracks" and remaining uninsured and to ensure that children are enrolled in the proper program.

In general, SCHIP funds (as well as regular Medicaid funds) may not be used to cover immigrant children who are lawfully present but have not been in the country for five years or undocumented children.The new citizenship documentation requirement established in the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) applies to citizen children applying for Medicaid (including SCHIP-funded Medicaid expansions), not to separate SCHIP"

You bet it does take care of illegals. Every state right now is taking care of illegals children under the s-chip. The mother gets it when pregnant and then then automatically sign up the children. The illegals are getting more than our elderly at this point. Our elderly have got to pay for there insurance and the illegal does not.

Yep, it sure does.

It gives the states the "choice" as to whether or not they want to require proof of citizenship------providing the proof is not a "requirement".

That is precisely why they are pushing for more funding. They want to ensure adequate funds are available for the illegals. This is absolutely scandalous.

Imagine what we could accomplish if our representatives spent as much time and effort fighting for us rather than the illegals. Lately, everything they do is designed to benefit people who have no right to even be here.