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Congress passes child healthcare bill again

Patient Access Weekly Advisor, AP/Yahoo News, November 7, 2007

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Congress voted last Thursday to provide health insurance to an additional 4 million lower-income children, and President Bush promised to cast another veto on the issue, the Associated Press reports.

The legislation cleared the Senate with a vote of 64-30. Although it passed the House last week, supporters did not have the two-thirds majority required to override Bush's threatened veto.

The bill would add an estimated 4 million children to a program that, currently, provides benefits to about 6 million children from families who cannot afford private insurance but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.

The bill, which would cost about $35 billion, would be paid for through an increase in tobacco taxes, including a 61-cent rise on a package of cigarettes, according to the Associated Press.

To read the Associated Press report on Yahoo News, click here.

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