U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a law on Wednesday that expands the health insurance program for children. Obama has raising the tobacco taxes to funded the program. This is a big legislative victory a day after his pack to lead a health care industry overhaul.
President Obama signed the law just hours after the House of Representatives casted a vote of 290 to 135 in favor of the $32.8 billion dollar expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance program, or SCHIP, which was approved by the Senate last week.
"In a decent society, there are certain obligations that are not subject to tradeoffs or negotiations, and health care for our children is one of those obligations," the President said in remarks before signing legislation that reauthorizes federal funding for the CHIP programs and expands its coverage of childre from 7 to 11 million.
This legislation on a bipartisan basis to continue coverage for 7 million children and covering an additional 4 million children that are in need. This law also lifts the ban on state not providing health insurance options to legal immigrant children. The CHIP program will allow children to get care when they are sick, and preventive services to help them stay well.
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