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Today the President vetoed a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), also known as Peachcare.

“The President’s veto is just wrong. Thousands of Georgia’s children deserve healthcare. They don’t deserve partisan games to be played over this vital issue,” Congressman Scott said. “I will work with my Democratic and Republican colleagues to overturn this veto and send the bill back to the President.”

The bipartisan bill would reauthorize Peachcare for an additional five years. The CHIP program provides health coverage to American children whose parents do not qualify for Medicaid, but cannot afford private insurance. The $35 billion bill would bring health coverage to approximately ten million children in need-preserving coverage for all 6.6 million children currently covered by CHIP, and reaching millions more low-income, uninsured American children in the next five years. 


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