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When the biggest threat to your kids is the government

Timothy P. Carney · April 13, 2015 4:51 pm

Eight-year-old Charlie Blakey, who was diagnosed with autism at age 3, eats dinner andÂ swallows chelation pillsÂ at his home on Oak Park, Ill., on April 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Kids on antipsychotics funded by Medicaid get questionable treatment

Ethan Barton · March 27, 2015 2:39 pm

Foster care children enrolled in Medicaid aren't getting proper healthcare thanks to ineffective oversight. (iStock Photo)

Thousands of foster care kids not getting required medical exams

alicia-hesse · March 19, 2015 6:09 pm

Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, are pushing the issue in the Senate. [AP Photo

Community health centers face ‘fiscal cliff’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 17, 2015 5:00 am

The administration has toyed with the idea of special enrollment periods for uninsured pregnant women. (iStock Photo)

Senate Dems call for special enrollment in Obamacare for pregnant women

Robert King · March 3, 2015 11:20 pm

Funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program expires at the end of September. (iStock Photo)

GOP and Dems clash over kids insurance funding

Robert King · February 27, 2015 10:00 am

The bill doesn't say how long it would extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program. (iStock Photo)

House and Senate leaders propose extension to kids’ insurance program

Robert King · February 24, 2015 11:25 pm

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Watchdog finds safety hazards at government-funded daycares

Sarah Bedford · February 4, 2015 10:38 pm

Mo. daycare to pay after allegedly billed for services not provided

Mo. daycare to pay after allegedly billed for services not provided

LocalLabs News Service · February 3, 2015 3:46 pm

Over $1 trillion of taxpayer money gets spent on welfare, yet the poverty rate is where it was 50 years ago. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Census Bureau: 7 million more kids on food stamps than in 2007

Kelly Cohen · January 28, 2015 8:05 pm

Diana Meza-Ehlert watches as President Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday. (AP/Gregory Bull)

Obama’s attempt to turn the page undermined by policy failures

Michael Barone · January 22, 2015 10:00 am

Grassley probed into allegations that children running from violence and abuse were placed in adult jails. (iStock Photo)

Grassley hammers Justice Department for answers on foster care fraud

Sarah Bedford · January 21, 2015 5:20 pm