Child care talks begin, but funding in question
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Ottawa and the provinces are starting talks to create something many Canadian families only dream of right now: quality, affordable, and universal day care.
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MPs and voluntary organisations express concern at the number of children in need who are 'under the radar'.
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President Bush, anticipating that his veto of a $35 billion spending increase for children's insurance will stand, has assigned three top advisers to try to negotiate a new deal with Congress.
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President Bush and Congress prepared for a showdown over renewing and expanding a health insurance program that covers millions of children.
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A bill to extend insurance for children by $35 billion faces a likely veto.
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The struggling economy gives Democratic lawmakers another weapon in their effort to expand a popular children's health insurance program. In the end, however, they appear to have made little headway in overcoming a presidential veto.
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High-priced tutors and college counselors have entered into the debate over whether there is a crisis in the education of boys.
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The country's premiers arrived for a key meeting Wednesday unsure on whether to try to force Ottawa to set up a national pharmacare program, but firmly convinced that more federal money for health is essential.
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This week's votes on a children's health program go to a key issue in next year's elections: How much should the government spend to insure families with modest but not poverty-level incomes?
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OTTAWA -- Ontario&#39;s child and youth services minister will be in Ottawa Monday pushing for more money for new and improved child-care spaces and early learning programs.
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Health chiefs in Cardiff might not support the final phase of the Children's Hospital of Wales because of its cost.
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A state where charter schools have been growing fast - and running into troubles - is now debating a new approach
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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There have been face-to-face meetings, conference calls, and internal discussions. They will meet again in Dallas the first week in February, hoping to have at least the framework of a plan.
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President Bush would increase current funding levels for the state-federal Children's Health Insurance Program by $5 billion over the next five years -- far short of the $12 billion or more that experts say is needed to keep covering the 6 million children now in the program. The program, which...
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A dispute between the state auditor and the Department of Social and Health Services over Medicaid finances might require federal intervention.