Washington governor's budget to target kids' health plan
AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 18, 2008
Plans to increase health coverage for kids will be among the spending cuts in Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire's budget, according to a senior state official speaking on the condition of anonymity. The state official said that Gregoire would suspend plans to increase child health coverage to 300% of the federal poverty level, which is about $64,000 a year for a family of four.
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