Federal money for the program that provides health insurance coverage for more than 60,000 Mississippi children has been secured until March 2009.
The House and Senate passed a bill this week temporarily extending funding for the national Children’s Health Insurance Program.
President George Bush has indicated he will sign it, ending a gridlock between the White House and some lawmakers over the legislation.
Local children’s health-care advocates are glad the program will continue but believe it needs to be expanded to cover more kids who have no other insurance options.
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