title: New legislative efforts to improve child health and decrease infant mortality. Interview by Veronica Feeg.
abstract: Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) recently introduced the Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act of 1989, a bill that requires states to provide Medicaid coverage to pregnant women and infants living below 185% of the federal poverty level. In this article, Senator Bradley answers questions for Pediatric Nursing readers about this new federal legislative initiative.
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authors.lastname: Bradley
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007229:Infant Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D014481:United States