Had growth in enrollment continued at the same rate it had during the previous 2 years. the State would have seen an increase of 9.000 poor children in the program during this same time period. Kansas has seen a net decline of 14.000 children. The Virginia State Medicaid Office has identified a total of two undocumented immigrants during this period. meanwhile. 20.000 poor children have gone without health insurance. Data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggests that these children are overwhelmingly African American. hardly the demographic results wed expect if our colleagues were correct in suggesting that tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children were being denied coverage. The debate about reauthorizing SCHIP should be about the public health and improving the health of our children. In a recent survey. 90 percent of parents applying for Medicaid for their children indicated that they have no other health coverage available.
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