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UnitedHealth vs. Uninsured Kids     Email    Printer-Friendly
Maggie Mahar, The Century Foundation, 8/2/2007
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Health Beat by Maggie Mahar

Wednesday night, the House voted 225–209 to pass a bill that would, in the words of a Wall Street Journal editorial, “steal nearly $50 billion from Medicare Advantage, the innovative attempt to bring private competition to senior health care” in order to beef up the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), a program that delivers health care to poor children. Continue reading PDF here.


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