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ProSense

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5. Props to the President and

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:41 PM

Sep 2012

Democrats, from the OP:

In a major change, the bill allows states to cover certain legal immigrants — namely, children under 21 and pregnant women — as well as citizens.

Until now, legal immigrants have generally been barred from Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years after they enter the United States. States will now be able to cover those immigrants without the five-year delay.

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