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UnitedHealth vs. Uninsured Kids
Maggie Mahar, The Century Foundation, 8/2/2007

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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The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar Blog
The Century Foundation fellow, Maggie Mahar discusses today's most pressing health care policy issues in The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar blog. Click here to view.

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