Spitzer, States to Sue Feds
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been knocking the Bush administration over new rules that block states from expanding health care for children.
So he has just announced that states plan to sue the Bush Administration for violating provisions of the federal State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides health coverage for children in families who can’t afford private insurance.
Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington, Arizona, California and New Hampshire will also be part of the suit.
In August, the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) imposed new rules that block states from expanding their children’s health insurance programs.
Congress is trying undo the changes, but Bush said he would veto it.
The program is aimed at helping familes who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but yet can’t afford private insurance. Still, the Bush administration has argued that raising the income limits to make more children eligible is irresponsible and a move toward nationalized health care.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
