Friday, August 3, 2007

Score for Needy Children and Families

I cannot help but post this wonderful news about the re-authorization of the SCHIP program. Please read the complete news at the following link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/washington/03health.html?ex=1343880000&en=926c86f7678200b6&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Like many disadvantaged groups, many Filipino-American families are reliant on public assistance programs such as SCHIP. While many of these families have working parents, their income is often not enough to purchase health insurance but too much to qualify them for Federal programs like Medicare. It is the saddest place between two hard rocks that no working families should be in. SCHIP is one of those safety-net programs that needy children and families need until such time that the entire flawed health care system can be fixed.

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