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On Friday, Colorado Senators has allowed a resolution asking for the health program to help out needy children with health insurance to be sent forward. If passed this would allow for an additional $31 million to be towards the SCHIP program over four and a half years. President Bush vetoed this same resolution last year saying that he had the concern of socializing medicine being a result of the program.

The resolution is now in front of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cover an additional 4 million children who are in need of the health care program on Wednesday. There are currently 7 million people using this benefit, most of which are children. If the resolution is approved by the U.S. Senate then it is expected of Barrack Obama to give quick approval when he is inaugurated this week.

The SCHIP program is thought by many to give middle class Americans a reason to not seek health coverage for their children even if they can afford it. It is also believed to allow for employers to not include children in health care benefits offered to their employees in the efforts to save on cost.

Presently any immigrants who come to the United States have to wait five years before obtaining any kind of aid form the government. They are required to sign an actual contract stating these conditions. However, it is being highly criticized, especially concerning children, that those who are in America legally are not able to obtain such aid and should be able to do so. Supporters of this arrangement say that this makes it so that immigrants are not coming to our county strictly for the benefits in health care that come along with it.

The SCHIP program is for those families that cannot obtain Medicaid because they earn too much per year but they do not make enough per year to obtain their own private insurance.