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61.6 Million Americans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Pre-Tax Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 20, 2007)
Nearly 1.1 Million Minnesotans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Pre-Tax Income On Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 19, 2007)
Nearly 3.9 Million Floridians Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 18, 2007)
852,000 Oregonians Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 18, 2007)
Bush Veto Torpedoes Bipartisan Effort to Provide Health Coverage for Uninsured Kids (December 13, 2007)
More Than 1.2 Million Wisconsinites Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 13, 2007)
Nearly 1.1 Million Coloradans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 13, 2007)
657,000 Nevadans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 12, 2007)
456,000 New Mexicans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 12, 2007)
More than 1.3 Million Washingtonians Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 11, 2007)
Nearly 1.6 Million Virginians Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 11, 2007)
Nearly 2.2 Million Ohioans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 5, 2007)
Nearly 1.4 Million Arizonans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 5, 2007)
More than 2 Million Michiganders Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 4, 2007)
701,000 Iowans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (December 4, 2007)
268,000 Granite Staters Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (November 29, 2007)
680,000 Arkansans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (November 29, 2007)
2.2 Million Pennsylvanians Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (November 28, 2007)
1.2 Million Missourians Are in Families That Will Spend More Than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008 (November 28, 2007)
President Denies Funding for Medical Research (November 13, 2007)
House Passes Modified Children’s Health Bill (October 25, 2007)
After Narrow Defeat of Veto Override, Children’s Health Fight Will Continue (October 18, 2007)
Fourth in the Series, "CHIP-ing Away at the Myths," Focuses on Myths about Undocumented Immigrants (October 16, 2007)
Third in the Series, “CHIP-ing Away at the Myths,” Focuses on Myths about Irresponsible Budgeting (October 15, 2007)
Second in the Series, “CHIP-ing Away at the Myths,” Focuses on Myths about Eligibility (October 12, 2007)
New Series, “CHIP-ing Away at the Myths,” Aims to Counter False Statements against Children’s Health Care Bill (October 11, 2007)
President Bush to Children: "No Health Care for You" (October 3, 2007)
Children’s Health Care Ad Campaign Takes Aim at President’s Veto (October 3, 2007)
Big Campaign Push Proceeds to Override President’s Veto on Children’s Health Care (September 28, 2007)
Congress Poised to Add Millions of Uninsured Children to Successful, Bipartisan Health Plan (September 12, 2007)
Number of Uninsured Increases Sixth Year in a Row (August 28, 2007)
CMS Report’s "Dirty Little Secret": 1.6 Million Low-Income Beneficiaries Will Be Forced into New Drug Plans (August 15, 2007)
U.S. Senate Vote Makes Health Coverage a Closer Reality for Children (August 3, 2007)
House Takes Strong Vote to Cover Children (August 1, 2007)
Senate Finance Committee’s SCHIP Markup: A Good First Step toward Covering Children (July 19, 2007)
Children’s Health Proposal by Senate Finance Committee Offers Opportunity for Bipartisanship (July 14, 2007)
Healthy Wisconsin Plan Would Help Contain Health Care Costs and Expand Health Coverage (July 12, 2007)
Senate Finance Committee's SCHIP Agreement Retains Program's Tradition of Bipartisanship (July 10, 2007)
Bush Administration Turns Its Back on Uninsured Kids (July 10, 2007)
Alabama Could Receive $808.6 million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Illinois Could Receive $2.04 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Massachusetts Could Receive $846.7 million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Tennessee Could Receive $1.01 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Texas Could Receive $4.87 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Virginia Could Receive $824.7 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Connecticut Could Receive $523.1 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Delaware Could Receive $138.7 million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Kentucky Could Receive $808.1 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Mississippi Could Receive $607.6 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
South Dakota Could Receive $129.6 million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Oklahoma Could Receive $705.4 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (July 9, 2007)
Survey: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Tobacco Tax Increase to Expand Children’s Health Coverage (June 19, 2007)
Nevada Could Receive $373 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (June 8, 2007)
Pennsylvania Could Receive $1.82 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (June 7, 2007)
New Jersey Could Receive $1.05 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (June 7, 2007)
Families USA Endorses Legislation Responding to Global TB Crisis (June 6, 2007)
Iowa Could Receive $373.3 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (June 6, 2007)
North Carolina Could Receive $1.4 billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (June 6, 2007)
Georgia Could Receive $1.59 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (June 5, 2007)
Louisiana Could Receive $812.8 million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (June 5, 2007)
Nebraska Could Receive $291.6 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (June 1, 2007)
Kansas Could Receive $335.4 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 31, 2007)
Maine Could Receive $362.4 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 31, 2007)
New York Could Receive $4.09 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 31, 2007)
Arizona Could Receive $1.17 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 30, 2007)
Michigan Could Receive $1.32 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 30, 2007)
Indiana Could Receive $960.4 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 24, 2007)
Oregon Could Receive $548.5 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 24, 2007)
North Dakota Could Receive $74.2 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 23, 2007)
New Mexico Could Receive $622.4 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 23, 2007)
Ohio Could Receive $1.6 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 23, 2007)
Dozens of Organizations Push for Tobacco Tax to Pay for Children’s Health Coverage (May 23, 2007)
Minnesota Could Receive $766 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 22, 2007)
Maryland Could Receive $965.1 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 21, 2007)
Colorado Could Receive $618.3 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 21, 2007)
Arkansas Could Receive $547 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 17, 2007)
Missouri Could Receive $966.9 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 17, 2007)
South Carolina Could Receive $794.3 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 15, 2007)
Utah Could Receive $354.8 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 15, 2007)
Alaska Could Receive $230.7 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 15, 2007)
Wisconsin Could Receive $611.3 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 14, 2007)
New Hampshire Could Receive $168.5 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 14, 2007)
Florida Could Receive $2.54 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 14, 2007)
California Could Receive $6.9 Billion in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 12, 2007)
Washington Could Receive $807.9 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 12, 2007)
Rhode Island Could Receive $200.1 Million in New Federal Money to Cover Uninsured Children (May 11, 2007)
Increased Investment in Malaria R&D Needed to Address Growing Global Problem (April 24, 2007)
Medicare Trustees’ Report Will Trigger a Correction to a Nonexistent Problem That Could Do Serious Harm to Medicare Beneficiaries (April 23, 2007)
New Report Chronicles Tragic Consequences of Tennesseans Who Lost Medicaid Coverage (April 23, 2007)
New Report Shows Prices For Top Medicare Part D Drugs Grew by 9.2 Percent in Last Year (April 18, 2007)
New Report Highlights Dangers of Bill to Replace Missouri's Medicaid Program (April 3, 2007)
Senate Approves $50 Billion over Five Years to Expand (March 23, 2007)
Census Bureau Tweaks Uninsured Data, but Number of (March 23, 2007)
Families USA Calls for the U.S. Government to Increase (March 21, 2007)
Representative Lloyd Doggett Introduces Legislation to Help Low-Income Seniors Get the Drugs They Need (March 15, 2007)
Religious Leaders Convene in Washington, D.C. to Promote Expanded Health Coverage for Children (March 6, 2007)
President's Budget Cuts Children's Health Coverage, Contrary to His 2004 Promises (February 5, 2007)
Anton Gunn of South Carolina Is Recognized for His Work in Social Justice and Community Issues (January 25, 2007)
Senator Gordon Smith Recognized for His Strong Leadership Protecting Health Care Coverage (January 25, 2007)
Anne Dunkelberg of Texas Is Recognized for Her Work Improving Texas Health Policy and Health Care Finance (January 25, 2007)
Vincent DeMarco Recognized for His Tireless Efforts in Expanding Health Care to Maryland Workers (January 25, 2007)
Bush Health Proposal in State of the Union Message Won’t Make (January 23, 2007)
House of Representatives Approves Bill to Require Medicare Drug Negotiating (January 12, 2007)
New Report Shows Medicare Drug Plan Prices Are 58 Percent Higher than VA Prices (January 9, 2007)
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