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  • N.J. fends off attack on kids' health-care program

    08/02/2007 1:35:53 PM PDT · by Coleus · 10 replies · 556+ views
    NorthJersey.com ^ | 08.02.07 | HERB JACKSON
    New Jersey's subsidized health insurance program for the working poor came under attack in the U.S. Senate this week for being too generous, and state officials rallied to its defense.  Governor Corzine traveled to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to lobby his former colleagues to extend and expand the 10-year-old program, which expires at the end of September. He also urged defeat of Republican amendments that would reduce the federal money New Jersey would get. Cost of living variations New Jersey battled attempts to mandate a single income cutoff for federal health insurance subsidies by arguing that the same amount...