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Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On Senate Finance Committee Markup of the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007 

Jump to full article: US Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2007-07-19

Intro:

This Administration supports reauthorization of State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). We do not support a massive expansion of government-run health care and higher taxes, as the Senate Finance Committee bill proposes.

[nb: Leavitt does not mention the tax is on tobacco products--gb.]

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