Feds Reject NY's Bid to Insure More Kids

September 7th, 2007 By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The Bush administration demonstrated Friday it will strictly adhere to new guidelines that limit the scope of a popular children's health insurance program. It rejected an application from New York to let more middle-income families participate.

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