From The Associated Press, 2/25/07:
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Lots of kids left behind if Bush cuts funds for health-care plan
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Hundreds of thousands of children nationwide are at risk of losing
health coverage under a Bush administration plan that would scale back
a program considered key to state efforts at protecting the uninsured.
As part of his plan to balance the federal budget within five years,
Bush wants to narrow the scope of the State Children's Health
Insurance Program, widely regarded as a recent health care success
story.
The decade-old children's program will expire this year if Congress
does not vote to keep it running -- an outcome no one envisions.
The initiative gives more than 6 million children yearly regular
access to doctors and medical treatment, and is attractive to states
because it provides them with $2 in federal funds for each dollar they
spend.
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