Hillary Clinton: Senator Clinton on New Census Data Underscoring Need to Expand Access to Children's Health Insurance

August 28, 2007 -- Washington, DC – “The new Census health insurance data released today shows an increase of almost 700,000 children without health insurance, up from eight million in 2005.

This should be a wake up call to this Administration that their attempts to cut rather than expand the SCHIP program are taking this country in the wrong direction.

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It is unacceptable that we have 8.7 million children without health insurance and is further proof that we need to pass -- and the President needs to sign -- a Children’s Health Insurance bill that strengthens and expands coverage for America’s kids.

With an increase of 33,000 uninsured children, New York will be especially hard hit if the President’s plan to scale back CHIP is not reversed.”

Source: Senator Hillary Clinton