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Bill would triple funding for kids’ health insurance

The federal government would triple the amount of spending on health insurance for low-income children, adding up to 4 million children to the program and paying for it with higher taxes on cigarettes, under legislation announced Tuesday by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.

Chairman Max Baucus,....

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