SCHIP PASSED WITH ICHIA
That means that legal immigrant kids won't have to wait five years before they can get covered by public programs, and 11 million kids and their families will have this safety net. This has been a ten year fight for advocates and nearly two years for me in my current job. I started to cry at dinner when I got the email--I wasn't watching CSPAN because they've broken at 730ish every night but tonight and kept a girls' dinner date. But it's my first real policy outcome and I'm buying champagne for the office tomorrow.
Victory!
Victory!