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Online Mobilization Campaign Urges Congress to Make Health Reform Work for Children STANFORD, Calif., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is joining the National Association of Children's Hospitals (N.A.C.H.) as it gears up to launch a grassroots mobilization campaign asking Congress and the Obama Administration to make health care reform work for children.
New report shows the severe, long-term economic costs of children living in poverty WASHINGTON, Dec.
By Angie Schmitt, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Jul. 13--Josh Fowler may not have understood fully the gravity of the situation when he and his mother found themselves homeless, again, last year. For 7-year-old Josh, being homeless meant a 40-minute ride on a city bus to and from his school.
"The Administration strongly supports reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in a way that puts poor children first. ... Because H.R. 3963 has not addressed in a meaningful way the objections that caused the President to veto H.R.
