Pelosi: Census Report Illustrates Need to Strengthen SCHIP

“‘The new Census report illustrates why Congress needs to immediately pass legislation to strengthen the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to ensure that more of America’s children have health insurance. The report shows that for the second year in a row, the number of uninsured children increased, leaving a total of 8.7 million children without health care coverage. That is unacceptable.”