Senate Panel Oks Expansion of Children's Health Plan

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Brushing aside threats of a presidential veto, a Senate committee on Thursday approved a five-year, $35 billion expansion of a children's health insurance program that would be financed through higher tobacco taxes.

A majority of Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee joined all of the committee's Democrats in voting to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program. The program subsidizes insurance for children and some adults with incomes too high for Medicaid but not high enough to afford private insurance. The vote was 17-4.

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Senate Panel Oks Expansion of Children's Health Plan

"There are more kids without health insurance than there are kids in t...

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