Lawmakers eye child insurance program
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Congress probably will take its time in considering President Bush's plan for expanding health insurance coverage. Lawmakers, however, are moving more quickly to renew a program that now provides coverage to 6 million people, mostly children.
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U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill on  Thursday that would protect children from indecent television  programs by forcing cable and satellite providers to offer a  modified form of la carte programming or make other changes in  the way they operate.
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President Bush and other critics of a $35 billion spending increase for children's health insurance say they'll support expanding coverage to families of four making as much as $62,000 a year, but they want to limit states' ability to go beyond that level.
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People are being asked to report their concerns about children they think are at risk.
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A bill to extend insurance for children by $35 billion faces a likely veto.
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Defying a veto threat from President Bush, the Senate Finance Committee approved a major expansion of the Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.
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The modest spending increase that Congress approved for a popular children's health insurance program will maintain coverage for enrolees, but others may be out of luck
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Pediatricians push the ultimate biological insurance policy -- a stash of umbilical cord blood to battle future illness -- as the government sets up a national blood-banking system. By the Associated Press.
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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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The agreement on expanding a popular childrenâs health insurance program sets the stage for passage by Congress next week â and a showdown with President Bush.
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The public is being asked to help the government come up with a 10-year plan to improve children's lives.
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Governors from both parties appealed Sunday for the Bush administration and Congress to provide more money &#151; now and over the long term &#151; for a health care program that insures millions of children.
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Democrats in the U.S. House of  Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a revised bill to expand  health insurance for needy children, hopeful they will muster  enough support to override another possible veto by President  George W. Bush.
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Policy to be implemented this month aims to protect children from violence and sexual content
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U.S. congressional leaders on Friday  said they reached agreement on legislation to expand a  health-care program for children in low-income families,  setting up a potential showdown with President George W. Bush  who has vowed to veto it.
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The nation's 45 million smokers will probably help pay for the spending increase that Democrats want for children's health insurance, say analysts familiar with deliberations on Capitol Hill.
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Maryland lawmakers are drawing up ambitious proposals to provide medical insurance to hundreds of thousands of residents without coverage, stepping into the national debate over who should pay the soaring costs of health care.