As The Lancet went to press, the US House of Representatives was still to vote to override the veto of a bill that would expand by USDollars 35 billion the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)-a health-insurance programme for the children of low-income families who earn too much to be covered by Medicaid. Incredibly, President George W Bush revoked the bill earlier this month not because it does not do enough to provide for the health needs of US children, but because, in his opinion, it does too much
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