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Healthier Families

Chris supports expanding the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in order to decrease the number of uninsured children in our state. In 2009, Chris co-authored a measure that would expand CHIP eligibility to include children whose family incomes are between 101 to 300 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.

Chris also authored a measure that would allow parents to deduct child support payments made from the income amount used to determine CHIP eligibility. Chris also supports extending the Medicaid enrollment period from six months to one year, as it is in most other states.

Chris also believes we must crack down on insurance companies who deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions or drop people because they get sick.

Chris supports President Obama’s health care reform and will work for its implementation in Texas.

Protect the health of our most precious asset — our kids

As matter of principle and plain-old common sense, Chris Turner will fight to restore the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Texas. Because of the short-sighted and mean-spirited actions of the Legislature, Texas has 150,000 fewer kids insured by CHIP today than 5 years ago. This is a disgrace for the state that has the highest percentage of uninsured children in the nation. Texas has also lost nearly $1 billion in federal CHIP funds — our tax money that has instead been sent to New York, California and other states.