Trump calls on Congress to pull back $15 billion in spending, including on CHIP

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(05-10-2018, 09:26 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: For some children, it absolutely is. For some families, CHIP makes it so they don't have to choose between food and health care. There are other programs out there, but even with CHIP there is not enough to meet the need. Poor children die all the time because of inadequate access to health care, and cutting CHIP funding will increase those numbers.

Not for nothing but both of our children were preemies. Because of their birth weight (2lb 10oz and 1lb 111/2oz) we were given a state medical card even though we both worked and both and insurance.  In fact it was one of the first things that happened after both births.  they scheduled a meeting with the person who did all the work for us to get the card as fast as possible.

Out insurances were tapped out almost immediately but thanks to that card we paid maybe $100.00 total to bring both of them home safely and healthy.

Close to one million dollars between the two of them and my wife's bills when her liver started bleeding due to complications from the second pregnancy.

That net saved us...and we were in a good place.  It needs to be there for those who are not.