Arizona's governor Doug Ducey has signed the KidsCare bill that will restore a health insurance program for  low-income children. After taking the move, the state joined  49 other states of United States to join the program.

The  federal Children's Health Insurance Program was opted by the Arizona in 2010, but  lawmakers closed it due to a state budget crunch.

The program is expected to provide insurance to 30,000 children who belongs to low-income families and their parents earn between 138 and 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

"These are children who need health care, who are in the most needy situation and at least currently, this is not costing us anything here in the state. And so I think it made sense and I was passionate about making sure we got it for those sick kids," Sen. Bob Worsley said.

Senator Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, said that, "We will see the negative consequences happen, because we cannot live our lives on borrowed dollars, we will have to face that sooner or later."  "And our grandchildren will be the ones to face it and will be the ones who suffer, because we cannot sustain what we are doing."

"It will take some time to get over again, I'm sure."  "We wanted to do it in a more orderly fashion, but it was being fought at every turn," said Worsley, R-Mesa, who backed the plan.

"I don't even think it matters how you feel about KidsCare, frankly, because that's not the issue," Sen. Steve Yarbrough said. "What we are faced with now is frankly great harm to the institution, to the process. To the way the Legislature works. That's what is being harmed here."

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