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Transcript: LUGAR, HILL SEEK SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN`S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
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- June 9, 2000
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 9, 2000
Lugar, Hill seek support for Children`s Health Insurance Program
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar (R) and Rep. Baron Hill (D-9th) are asking the
Indiana
delegation to sign a letter requesting congressional appropriators
to protect
Indiana's funding for a program that provides low-income children
with
health insurance.
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP or CHIP) was
designed
so that states that implemented a successful sign-up program would
be awarded
with additional funds to extend health care coverage to even more
low-income
children. The reward funds would come from CHIP money that was not
spent
in other states. A ...