A public health system defeated at the hands of ideology

THE STATE Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides working families with low-cost health insurance coverage, is now in limbo - on short term extensions by Congress and just vetoed again by the president. This confronts states with difficult choices on how to continue providing health coverage for kids when the funding from Washington just isn't enough. (Full article: 672 words)

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