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Sun coverage: Child health insurance bill

Coverage of the battle between local jurisdictions and President Bush over expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Bonnie and Halsey Frost say the federal health insurance program enabled them to afford medical care for two of their children who were badly hurt in a traffic accident. (Sun photo by Algerina Perna / September 26, 2007)

October 15, 2007

A push to keep children insured

With the chances looking slim that Congress will be able to override President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion this week, leaders on Capitol Hill and at the White House are bracing for a potentially bruising round of negotiations to keep current recipients covered.

October 6, 2007

Democrats mustering forces for override

Sensing their best opportunity yet to overrule a White House that has stymied them on stem cell research and Iraq, congressional Democrats and their supporters have launched a campaign to override President Bush's veto of plans to expand the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program.

October 2, 2007

Maryland joins health care fight

Maryland has joined a coalition led by New York that plans to file a lawsuit accusing the Bush administration of trying to block state governments from expanding health care for children from modest-income families, Gov. Martin O'Malley said yesterday.

September 29, 2007

Boy to give radio address

Earlier in the week, his younger sister helped congressional Democrats sell expanded funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Yesterday, with the White House threatening again to veto the legislation, it was Graeme Frost's turn to take up the cause.

September 27, 2007

Baltimore family joins health care showdown

Bonnie Frost still can't drive down the road where the accident occurred. It's upsetting to think back to that December morning nearly three years ago when her family's sport utility vehicle hit a patch of black ice, skidded off the road and slammed into a tree - sending two of her four children to the hospital with brain injuries.

August 23, 2007

U.S. rules threaten aid for children

Health officials in Maryland and other states are scrambling to respond to new Bush administration rules that could effectively end subsidized medical insurance for thousands of children.