Families USA Special Report

You may know that Congress is poised to pass the children's health bill. But what does this mean for children in Connecticut?

A new report from Families USA spells out how many additional children would be covered in each state under the House and Senate bills.

Click here to view the report (pdf).

The additional funding provided by the CHIP bill would lead to a substantial reduction in the number of uninsured children. As currently approved, the Senate bill would cut the nation's rolls of uninsured children—estimated at more than 9 million—by about 4 million, a 44 percent drop. The House version, with a higher proposed funding level, would reduce the number of uninsured children by about 5 million, or 55 percent.

If Bush stays true to his veto threat, however, a crucial opportunity to improve childrens' health coverage will slip away.

The numbers speak for themselves. Check out the report here.