He supports doubling enrollment in Head Start and quadrupling enrollment in Early Head Start and provide $5 billion in grants to states to expand public pre-school programs. He would expand eligibility for government-run health insurance for kids and allow all families to buy into the state Children’s Health Insurance Program with sliding scale premiums and co-payments. He would allow uninsured adults to buy into an insurance program that mirrors the federal employee benefits program and allow small businesses to participate to extend coverage to their employees. He pledges to expand personal retirement saving by expanding savers’ tax credit and to invest $500 in a “Kids Account” for every child born after Dec. read more

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