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Published: August 14, 2008
Feds: No sanctions over children's insurance
By Kevin Freking
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is backing down from a threat to penalize states enrolling middle-class children in a health program intended for the poor. The administration unveiled several new requirements last year for states that use a state-federal health program to cover children in families with incomes above 250 percent of the federal poverty level — $44,000 for a family of three. States were directed ...
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