Limits on plans to insure children illegal, GAO says

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004359753_schip19.html

y ROBERT PEAR

The New York Times

About SCHIP

SCHIP, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program, is a joint federal-state program that provides health coverage for children who don't qualify for Medicaid.

Washington provides free coverage under Medicaid to 544,000 children with family incomes up to twice the poverty level. An additional 11,000 children with family incomes between 200 and 250 percent of poverty level have SCHIP coverage. The families pay $15 a month per child, with a maximum cost of $45 per family.

Washington plans to raise the SCHIP income limit in 2009 from 250 percent of the poverty level to 300 percent, or almost $62,000 for a family of four.

On Oct. 5, Washington joined other states in suing in federal court to stop President Bush's administration from imposing new rules restricting eligibility for SCHIP and thwarting the plan to boost the income limit.

Source: Seattle Times archive

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration violated federal law last year when it restricted states' ability to provide health insurance to children of middle-income families, and its new policy is therefore unenforceable, lawyers from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Friday.

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1. The Bush administration violated federal law AGAIN last year

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2. Has the * admin ever done anything legal?

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3. Not one action of this illegal corrupt regime as been legal.