When Congress returns next month, one of its top priorities will be to complete work on legislation to renew the popular state children's health insurance program, known as S-CHIP. Late last week, ...

An Alabama House committee has approved a bill that would grant Medicaid the authority to sue parents who fail to enroll their children in available employer-sponsored health insurance. The ...

The number of uninsured children in Kansas has risen to 51,000, the highest rate in over a decade. Reasons for the increase include a lack of awareness of low-cost options and complex paperwork for ...

The Maryland House of Delegates agreed yesterday to encourage more working-poor families to enroll their children in a state health insurance program but stopped short of mandating enrollment and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich likes to say he's "cautiously optimistic" things will work in his favor on a number of public policy issues. With the debut Saturday of the state's new ...