Facts about the expanded State Children's Health Insurance Program

The low-cost medical plan is now available to pregnant women and children of immigrants. Paperwork has been reduced for some families. The expansion and reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program was signed into law by President Obama on Wednesday. The program, which will cover 11 million children (up from the previous 7 million) by 2013, offers very low-cost insurance for children up to 18 whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.

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