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Immigrant children may be less likely to get Florida KidCare under new rules listen

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Tags: health care, child care, Children's issues, healthcare, Health, Medicaid, KidCare

A recent federal law is helping more undocumented immigrant children get access to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. When the CHIP Reauthorization Act renewed the program in 2009, 20 states did away with a rule that required immigrant children to wait 5 years after entering the US before they would be eligible for KidCare.

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