All Eligible Children Covered by Health Insurance

All of Virginia’s children should have access to health care. There are no ifs ands or buts about it. We need to make sure all Virginia children who are eligible are enrolled in federally-funded programs providing access to health insurance so they get the preventive health care they need.

100% Enrollment in SCHIP

• As Governor, Senator Mark Warner made child health insurance a priority and oversaw campaign leading to an impressive 97% of eligible Virginia children being enrolled in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). As your delegate I will fight with my fellow Democrats to push that needle to 100% – an increasingly important priority as the economy takes it’s toll on family health insurance.

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