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Article: US DEPT OF HHS: HHS approves West Virginia expansion of children's health insurance plan.
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- March 22, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 March 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: HHS approves West Virginia expansion of children's health insurance plan (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today approved West Virginia's proposal to expand health insurance coverage to uninsured children through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
This is the second phase of West Virginia's CHIP plan. The first phase, a Medicaid expansion, was approved by Secretary Shalala on Sept. 15, 1998. State officials expect the second phase of the program--a separate state CHIP program--to enroll more than 10,000 children by the end of fiscal year 2000.
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