Healthcare/Hospital Law
Feb. 6, 2009
Child Health Bill May Be Booster Shot for State
The child health bill passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama Wednesday extends coverage to 4 million uninsured children of working-class families and legal immigrants. But the law could also have a powerful side effect on a different kind of sick patient: California's budget.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - The child health bill passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama Wednesday extends coverage to 4 million uninsured children of working-class families and legal immigrants. But the law could also have a powerful side effect for a different kind of sick patient: California's budget. The bipartisan expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program is expected to give Califo...
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