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House votes health insurance for 4M more children (AP)

 

Published 1/15/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

AP - Making a down payment on President-elect Barack Obama's promise of universal health coverage, the House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to expand government-sponsored insurance to 4 million more children in working families with income too high to qualify for Medicaid. (link)

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