11.   Cooke told lawmakers, however, that the state is making considerable progress in drawing uninsured children into the program.

12.   Easing Medicaid rules would be one way to get more uninsured children signed up, advocates said.

13.   Doggett said that while uninsured children and families also pay more for certain drugs he is focusing on Medicare recipients, who generally do not receive drug coverage.

14.   Federal officials say they want to be sure that states do not cut back Medicaid eligibility if the federal government offers new forms of assistance to uninsured children.

15.   Gov. George Pataki made a promise in his State of the State address to provide health coverage to every uninsured child in a low-income family in the state.

16.   Hatch has cited a program to provide health care to uninsured children he cosponsored in the Senate.

17.   He recently co-sponsored a proposal with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., to increase cigarette taxes sharply to pay for health insurance for uninsured children.

18.   He said at least half of that money would be spent on providing medical care to uninsured children.

19.   Healthy Kids officials said a study in Volusia County did not find excessive use among the previously uninsured children.

20.   He would extend CHIP and Medicaid eligibility and allow uninsured children above the income eligibility cutoff to buy into the programs.