Two Year Anniversary of Children’s Health Insurance Law Sees Millions of Newly Insured Children, Families

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011.  Two years after President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than two million more children were served by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at some point over the past year.

Together, the two programs serve more than 42 million children who would otherwise not have access to regular medical care.

“The increase in the number of children…