61.   The new money, from federal tobacco taxes, is meant for uninsured children, not working adults.

62.   The question is whether the Kennedy-Hatch plan would spend enough money to cover most uninsured children.

63.   The rate of uninsured children did not.

64.   The proposed tobacco tax increase would be used to help expand health insurance coverage to uninsured children of poor families.

65.   The report also points out that Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured children in the country.

66.   The tax increase will be used primarily to provide additional health insurance for uninsured children.

67.   The uninsured children who would be helped by the Daschle and Kennedy bills are generally not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid.

68.   The White House supports raising the tax to help expand health coverage for uninsured children.

69.   There is no statewide estimate of the cost of caring for uninsured children.

70.   They say they are also concerned about locating the uninsured children and persuading their parents to enroll them with doctors and clinics.