This reauthorization of this SCHIP program. its primary intent is not just to retain the 3.8 million children who are covered. but to expand it to all the children in the country who are already eligible and to expand it from 200 percent of Federal poverty level up to 300 percent. So. if I understand the facts. the facts are these. Its a Staterun private program. Poorest working families are the focus. It costs $3.50 a day per child to keep them covered. and we hope to cover 10.4. 10.8 million children across the country. So these are the facts as I understand them. Covers kids up to age 19. is that right? And did you hear the same argument that I heard on this floor. that it might cover illegal aliens? Is that a fact?
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