Compromises sought on kids' health (AP) / Friday, November 21, 2008

Compromises sought on kids' health (AP)

October 29, 2007

Robin Abbott holds her 15-month-old son, Jackson Abbott, at their home in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. A plan is going directly to voters in Oregon next month, the only state in the country to vote on a tobacco tax increase this year, to pay for an expansion of children's health care.  (AP Photo/Don Ryan)AP - President Bush and other critics of a $35 billion spending increase for children’s health insurance say they’ll support expanding coverage to families of four making as much as $62,000 a year, but they want to limit states’ ability to go beyond that level.