Crackdown may choke businesses; Feds to use raids to root out workers lacking paperwork Cigarette tax could cut Ohio revenue State asks for increased funding; Money will benefit uninsured children State Officials Join Forces To Promote SCHIP Child Health Money in Limbo Summary of Child Health Expansions in Amended Substitute House Bill 119 Congress Approves SCHIP Reauthorization

Senator Brown and Governor Strickland Support SCHIP

Children’s Health Insurance Passes with Bipartisan Support--Brown Launches Campaign against Bush Veto Threat
Program Covers More Than 218,000 Ohio Children – Legislation Would Add 79,000 More

As the Children’s Health Insurance Program legislation works its way through Congress with bipartisan support, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) will begin a statewide campaign against the President’s veto threat. More than 218,000 Ohio children and 6.6 million kids nationally are currently enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program; however, 79,000 more children in Ohio could be covered by this legislation.

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