On Wednesday Gov. Phil Murphy celebrated the expansion of the Cover All Kids initiative that makes health coverage available to children in families that are Medicaid-eligible, regardless of their immigration status. The expanded coverage is for some 16,000 children who weren’t previously eligible for public health insurance because of their immigration status. Since its launch in 2021, Cover All Kids has enrolled more than 47,000 children.
“We cannot leave any child without vital life-improving and potentially life-saving health care. And when I present my budget proposal for the next fiscal year you can bet that this commitment to better health for every child will be written in black and white,” Murphy said, adding, “By any measure, Cover all Kids has been a success.”
Supporters like Amy Torres of the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice said there are enough economic barriers for immigrants in New Jersey. Health care, she said, shouldn’t be one of them.
