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Article: Texas Could Forfeit Nearly $500 Million for Children's Health Insurance, Says Gore Campaign
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- July 6, 2000
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NASHVILLE, July 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released
today by Gore 2000:
The Dallas Morning News reported today that Texas could forfeit
$449 million in federal funds for children's health insurance
because state agencies neglected the Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP). Such oversight is consistent with Governor George
W. Bush's neglect for children without health insurance in Texas.
Bush sought to deny health insurance to 220,000 children by fighting
Democratic efforts in Texas to expand CHIP. Burdensome hurdles in
Texas have prevented nearly 600,000 eligible children from enrolling
in Medicaid.
"Al Gore led the fight to help insure children while George W.
Bush was ...