For them. anything goes when it comes to stopping Americans from getting the radical idea that the government should guarantee this basic human right. This revised bill addresses those arguments by mandating that SCHIP eligibility will be capped at families earning 300 percent of the federal poverty level. around $60.000 for a family of four. and by offering bonus payments to States for enrolling the lowest income children into Medicaid. Opponents of health care for children contended that the original bill provided coverage to illegal immigrants. In reality. this bill denied coverage to all immigrants. even legal ones. explicitly stating that illegal immigrants were ineligible. But these facts did not hinder the Republicans from making their false claim. We have now clarified our intent that illegal immigrants will not be covered by requiring that applicants for SCHIP provide their Social Security number. which must be verified by the Social Security Administration. Republicans opposed the original bill because it allowed States to use the funding to cover adults. For them. a persons right to health care ends at age 18.
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