Originally Posted by Bahet

Where in the world did you come up with that number???

Most states will cover children whose family income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Five states (Idaho, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Wisconsin) cover children whose family income is at or below 175% of the FPL, while four other states have lower thresholds. On the other hand, some states are more generous - for example, New Jersey covers children whose families have incomes at or below 350% of the FPL.
http://healthinsurance.about.com/od/...id/a/SCHIP.htm

The FPL for a family of 4 in the 48 contiguous states is $20,600. So in most states that means that kids in a family of 4 with an income of less than $41,190 are eligible. Even NJ, with by far the highest threshhold is still $8000 shy of that $100,000 mark. Oh wait, you heard it on Rush or someone like that didn't you? Some ultra rightie mouthpiece who spewed a statistic that would cover a fmily of 6 in NJ and didn't bother to give the rest of the information that that is only in NJ and instead made it sound like an only child in Idaho would be covered if they made $99,999/yr.