Posts tagged general news

• 56,000 California Kids May Lose Health Coverage

  Brian Foley | November 27, 2007 8:22 AM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Instead of presents, Santa Claus might deliver a note to more than 56,000 families in California that will inform them that their children will no longer have health insurance by the end of the year. This is not because these children were on Santa's naughty list. It's because of dangerous Washington politics. California risks losing federal funds to support its children health insurance...

• Silicon Valley Insures 98% of its Children - Why Not All U.S. Children?

  Dick Alexander | November 01, 2007 8:28 AM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The wealthiest country in the world fails to fund basic health care for more than 6 million children. The $35 billion bill for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, with its bi-partisan Congressional support, would have covered some 4 million more uninsured children nationwide and an estimated 600,000 California kids, according to media reports. This should not be a debate about...