The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an $819 billion economic stimulus plan that contains the most sweeping expansion of Medicaid in more than a decade.

For the first time, millions of unemployed Americans and their families would become eligible —…

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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to expand a key health insurance program for children that President George W. Bush vetoed twice last year. With less than a week left in Mr. Bush’s term, it is a fitting…

Medicaid is like a parachute for thousands of Missouri and Illinois families: Most of the time, they don’t need it. But when the economy slows down, nothing else will take its place.

It plays the same role for economically hard hit…

The Ballpark Village set back was reported while I was still in Dayton, Ohio.

But even from a vantage 360 miles away (or, perhaps, especially so) one could wonder: Shouldn’t the public have some voice in where firms such as Centene…

Remember the Republican Contract With America? President George W. Bush apparently didn’t when he cut eligibility for children’s health insurance last fall.

Mr. Bush acted unilaterally to change rules of the popular State Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as SCHIP. He…