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Expanding Coverage for Recent Immigrants: CHIPRA Gives States New Options
Publication Date: March 2010
Publisher(s): Families USA
Author(s): Families USA
Series:
Topic: Health (Health services for minorities)
Keywords: health reform; immigrant health
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This brief examines the provision that lifts the "five year bar" for legally residing immigrant children and pregnant women. It discusses how states can take advantage of this new option to expand coverage - and why they should.