It would also approximately multiply the number of children covered in the U.S. Virgin Islands by six. In addition to providing additional funding for the childrens health insurance program in our territories. this legislation includes a provision that would grant states the option to provide health care coverage to legal immigrant children who entered the United States on or after August 22. 1996. Welfare reform prohibits states from covering these immigrant children. As we know. children without health insurance do not get important care for preventable diseases. Many uninsured children are hospitalized for acute asthma attacks that could have been prevented. or suffer from permanent hearing loss from untreated ear infections.
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