ACA Title II, Sec. Technical corrections: “Bad” – Further unwisely expands eligibility. This legislative initiative further opens up eligibility for the CHIP program. It relaxes the legal language for residence and expands the eligibility caps. Because those controlling federal expenditure patterns (aka Democrats) did not have to compromise with those who oppose more federal spending (aka Republicans) , initiatives like this were included in the Law. Unfortunately the financial burden created by the other legislative initiatives in the Law makes every one of these overly generous and unwise provisions just one more insult to long term economic solvency for the U.S. economy. No discernible improvement in population health status and no discernible improvement in long term health cost control.

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