WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved legislation that would increase spending on children’s health insurance and extend government-sponsored coverage to 4 million uninsured children.
The bill passed 66-32 and now goes back to the House, where a similar measure was approved two weeks ago.
Democratic lawmakers consider the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program one of their top domestic priorities.
They have moved Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress approved on
Wednesday a bill expanding a health insurance program for
children and raising tobacco taxes to pay for it, giving
President Barack Obama a big legislative victory a day after
his pick to lead a healthcare industry overhaul stepped aside.
The House of Representatives voted 290-135 for the $32.8
billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program, or SCHIP, which was approved Read the rest of this entry »

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which is aimed at families earning too much money to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private insurance, currently covers close to 7 million youngsters at a cost of $25 billion.
Lawmakers voted 66 to 32, largely along party lines, to renew the joint state-federal program and spend an additional $32.8 billion to expand coverage to 4 million more children. The expansion would be paid for Read the rest of this entry »

Expansion Of SCHIP Passes, Millions Of Kids Get Health Insurance
Washington (dbTechno) – The Senate has agreed with the House and has approved an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), supplying millions of low-income children with health insurance.
The Senate voted 66-32 in favor of the expansion of the childrens’ health insurance program.
The idea is to help families who earn too much money to fall Read the rest of this entry »

to more than four million uninsured children, as a newly empowered Democratic majority brushed aside Republican objections.
The vote was 66 to 32, with nine Republicans joining Democrats to support the bill.
twice vetoed similar legislation. But
is eager to sign the bill as a step toward providing insurance for all children and eventually all Americans.
The Senate debate showed the outlines of what promises to be a much larger political fight Read the rest of this entry »

Hawaii House Committee Passes Bills To Reject Title V Funding, Require Comprehensive Sex Education
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), the
reports. One bill would reject federal funding for abstinence-only education programs, while the second measure would require any agency using state funds for sex education to use a comprehensive sex education curriculum that includes information on how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
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Hawaii would join 25 Read the rest of this entry »

to more than four million uninsured children, as a newly empowered Democratic majority brushed aside Republican objections.
The vote was 66 to 32, with nine Republicans joining Democrats to support the bill.
twice vetoed similar legislation. But
is eager to sign the bill as a step toward providing insurance for all children and eventually all Americans.
The Senate debate showed the outlines of what promises to be a much larger political fight Read the rest of this entry »

“I’m happy, now that I have so much more time,” the dormant slugger said at UCSF Children’s Hospital as he passed out baseball cards of himself to seriously ill children. “Actually, I’m enjoying myself immensely.”
Bonds, who used to hit baseballs for a living on the San Francisco waterfront, has been unwillingly retired from the game for a full year while he awaits federal trial on perjury charges in connection with baseball’s steroids scandal.
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The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which is aimed at families earning too much money to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private insurance, currently covers close to 7 million youngsters at a cost of $25 billion.
Lawmakers voted 66 to 32, largely along party lines, to renew the joint state-federal program and spend an additional $32.8 billion to expand coverage to 4 million more children. The expansion would be paid for Read the rest of this entry »

Obama hailed the 289 to 139 vote and nudged the Senate to act with the “same sense of urgency so that it can be one of the first measures I sign into law when I am president.”
The president-elect vowed as a candidate to provide health coverage to every child, and the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as SCHIP, is a major down payment toward meeting that goal. “In this moment of crisis, ensuring that every child in Read the rest of this entry »