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September 15, 2011
Shelly Gehshan: The Gap in Dental Care
Shelly Gehshan discusses the gap in dental care and how, nationwide, more than 16 million children go without seeing a dentist each year.
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- Children's Dental Campaign
Funding Children's Dental Care
The Pew Children’s Dental Campaign is partnering with dental provider associations, consumer groups and children’s advocates at the state and federal levels to increase federal support for Medicaid and CHIP and ensure federal requirements make it easier for states to operate successful dental programs. more
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- Stateline Story
Dramatic Budget Cuts in Arizona
TODAY'S TAKE: The details emerging from Arizona's new budget - approved by state lawmakers late Thursday (March 11) - are staggering. More than 310,000 adults and 47,000 low-income children are slated to lose health insurance under the plan, which reduces spending by about $1.1 billion, eliminates full-day kindergarten and, according to The Arizona Republic, slashes funds "that were one of the last best hopes for the state parks system to stay afloat."more -
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Summary of the Kentucky State of the Commonwealth Address
"I refuse to use this recession as an excuse not to move forward," Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) told lawmakers in the politically divided Legislature Jan. 6, as another session of difficult budget choices got under way. "I refuse to hunker down and hide, to just wait out this storm and to passively accept the economic situation that others have created for us." more
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- Stateline Story
U.S. Lawmakers Fault States for AIG Collapse
Four members of Congress say the bailout of insurance giant American International Group Inc. points up a need for federal - not just state - regulation of insurers. But state officials protest that they had nothing to do with the crash of AIG.more -
- Stateline Story
Will Congress Patch Up Kids' Coverage?
An estimated 17 states could run out of money for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) by next October, unless Congress acts. But coming up with a fix could be tricky, because the lame-duck Congress is only expected to meet briefly next week and a solution could cost the federal government more than $920 million.more -
- Stateline Story
Federal Red Ink Shrinks Money for States
President Bush is offering states no help in paying for congressionally ordered changes to driver's licenses and would foist new costs on states to provide food for low-income pregnant women while slashing money to revitalize poor neighborhoods. One day after Bush released his $2.77 trillion proposed 2007 budget, analysts scouring the document concluded that while it is chock full of savings for the federal government, it could spell new financial responsibilities for states.more