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Volume 357:957-960 September 6, 2007 Number 10 Next

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	Full Text PDF PDA Full Text Audio Interview Editorial by Curfman, G. D. Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited E-mail When Letters Appear Related Article by Iglehart, J. K. Related Article by Iglehart, J. K. PubMed Citation

Reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which was considered a routine matter until recently because of the program's success in expanding coverage to children of the working poor, has become embroiled in a larger struggle over ideologies that divide the political parties. The immediate battle to reauthorize SCHIP, for which the legal mandate expires on September 30, will resume this fall as Democrats, who command the House and Senate by slender margins, seek to stand up to President Bush, who has said he would veto the SCHIP bills approved by the two chambers because they authorize too . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Mr. Iglehart is a national correspondent for the Journal.

An interview with Professor Sara Rosenbaum, Chair of the Department of Health Policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, can be heard at www.nejm.org.

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• Curfman, G. D., Morrissey, S., Drazen, J. M. (2007). No Child Left Uncovered. NEJM 357: 1036-1037 [Full Text]