Poverty Dispatch - September 27, 2007

IRP compiles and distributes Poverty Dispatches, links to Web-based news items dealing with poverty, welfare reform, and related topics twice a week. Each Dispatch lists links to current news in popular print media. Persons wishing to receive Poverty Dispatches by e-mail should send a request to rsnell@ssc.wisc.edu.

Today's Topics in the News:

• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Medicaid Tamper-proof Prescription Law - Wisconsin
• Medicaid Computer System - Wisconsin
• Privatization of State Services - Indiana
• Massachusetts Health Care Plan and the Low-income
• Post-Katrina Affordable Housing - Mississippi
• Utility Costs and Low-income Households
• National Report Card and the Achievement Gap
• College Financial Aid Legislation
• Healthy Marriage Initiative - Kentucky

Today's Articles:

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Showdown in Congress over child healthcare. Read Article
By Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor. September 25, 2007.
 

Program known for flexibility trimmed ranks of uninsured. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. September 25, 2007.
 

Health groups work for kid's insurance. Read Article
By Kevin Freking (Associated Press), Washington Post. September 25, 2007.
 

Congress wet for veto fight on child health care. Read Article
By Robert Pear and Carl Hulse, New York Times. September 25, 2007.
 

House passes children’s insurance measure. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. September 26, 2007.
 

Disconnect over children's health. Read Article
By Sarah Lueck, Wall Street Journal. September 27, 2007.
 

House backs SCHIP deal; Bush veto looms. Read Article
By Julie Rovner, National Public Radio. September 26, 2007.
 

House OKs bill to raise spending on children's health insurance. (OHIO) Read Article
By Elizabeth Auster, Cleveland Plain Dealer. September 26, 2007.
 

Push for health-care expansion continues. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Dana Heupel, Springfield Journal-Register. September 27, 2007.
 

Medicaid officials aim to keep kids' insurance afloat. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Natalie Chandler, Clarion Ledger. September 27, 2007.
 

Discontinuation of federal health insurance could affect 120,000 Inland children. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Lora Hines and Ben Goad, Press-Enterprise. September 27, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Tamper-proof Prescription Law - Wisconsin

Prescription rule delayed. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. September 26, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Computer System - Wisconsin

Medicaid project further delayed. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. September 24, 2007.
 

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Privatization of State Services - Indiana

Let's make a deal. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Karen Francisco, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. September 23, 2007.
 

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Massachusetts Health Care Plan and the Low-income

State eliminates deductible for free-care patients. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Alice Dembner, Boston Globe. September 22, 2007.
 

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Post-Katrina Affordable Housing - Mississippi

RAND study: Affordable housing lags in Mississippi's post-Katrina recovery. Read Article
By Priscilla Frulla, Sun Herald. September 27, 2007.
 

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Utility Costs and Low-income Households

Higher utility bills face homeowners. Read Article
By Marianne Lavelle, US News and World Report. September 25, 2007.
 

R.I. will receive $1.9 million for heating assistance. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Timothy C. Barmann, Providence Journal. September 27, 2007.
 

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National Report Card and the Achievement Gap

National report card shows big gains in math. Read Article
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org. September 25, 2007.
 

'Nation's Report Card' shows improvement. Read Article
By Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post. September 26, 2007.
 

Reading gap is nation's worst. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. September 25, 2007.
 

Illinois' students failing to keep pace. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Stephanie Banchero, Chicago Tribune. September 26, 2007.
 

Minnesota's kids really are above average. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Norman Draper and James Walsh, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. September 25, 2007.
 

Good test scores not good as 'gold.' (OHIO) Read Article
By Bill Bush, Columbus Dispatch. September 26, 2007.
 

Test scores expose state's math weakness. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Editorial, Detroit News. September 27, 2007.
 

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College Financial Aid Legislation

Bush signs bill boosting aid to students. Read Article
By Ben Feller (Associated Press), Washington Post. September 27, 2007.
 

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Healthy Marriage Initiative - Kentucky

Marriage as social medicine. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Mary Meehan, Lexington Herald-Leader. September 25, 2007.
 

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