It’s hard to argue with this section of the bill:

‘‘(C) DESCRIPTION OF CHILDREN NOT

20 SUBJECT TO WAITING PERIOD.—For purposes

21 of this paragraph, a child described in this sub22

paragraph is a child who, on the date an appli23

cation is submitted for such child for child

24 health assistance under this title, meets any of

25 the following requirements:

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1 ‘‘(i) INFANTS AND TODDLERS.—The

2 child is under two years of age.

3 ‘‘(ii) LOSS OF GROUP HEALTH PLAN

4 COVERAGE.—The child previously had pri5

vate health insurance coverage through a

6 group health plan or health insurance cov7

erage offered through an employer and lost

8 such coverage due to—

9 ‘‘(I) termination of an individ10

ual’s employment;

11 ‘‘(II) a reduction in hours that

12 an individual works for an employer;

13 ‘‘(III) elimination of an individ14

ual’s retiree health benefits; or

15 ‘‘(IV) termination of an individ16

ual’s group health plan or health in17

surance coverage offered through an

18 employer.

19 ‘‘(iii) UNAFFORDABLE PRIVATE COV20

ERAGE.—

21 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The family of

22 the child demonstrates that the cost

23 of health insurance coverage (includ24

ing the cost of premiums, co-pay25

ments, deductibles, and other cost

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1 sharing) for such family exceeds 10

2 percent of the income of such family.

3 ‘‘(II) DETERMINATION OF FAM4

ILY INCOME.—For purposes of sub5

clause (I), family income shall be de6

termined in the same manner speci7

fied by the State for purposes of de8

termining a child’s eligibility for child

9 health assistance under this title.’’.