B ipartisan consensus is a concept rarely associated with the current U.S. Congress. One policy issue, however, has drawn support from both sides of the aisle in recent years: addressing the plight of the nation’s 10 million uninsured children. After all, children are the segment of the population least able to control whether or not […]
Alexandra Starr
Alexandra Starr is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C.
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Chipping Away at the Uninsured
With Bill Bradley out of the presidential race, Vice President Gore’s proposal to expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) remains the one comprehensive proposal on the table in the presidential election to address the plight of the 44 million Americans who lack health insurance. But CHIP is far from an ideal foundation for expanding […]
