Who Should Qualify for Health Care Subsidies?

(Fox News) - Congressional Democrats are pushing legislation that would expand the reach of the federal program that feeds money to states to pay for poor children's health insurance.

But The Washington Times reports the Senate version would raise the eligibility ceiling on family income to about $62,000 a year for a family of four — three times the national poverty standard. New York state wants to raise its cutoff level to $83,000. These changes would put millions more children in the program.

And thousands of families who make enough to pay the Alternative Minimum Tax — designed for wealthy people — would also qualify for the government-subsidized health care.