02/4/09 President Obama signs the Chidlren’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIP)
Check out eobamastore.com for Barack Obama shirts, posters, Dvds, Buttons and More! With a stroke of a pen, millions more children now have health care. President Obama signed the Chidlren’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIP) tonight, which renews and expands the plan from 7 million children affected to 11 million. “This is only the first step,” he said. “As I see it, providing coverage for 11 million children is a down payment on my commitment to cover every single American.”