在美国大约有 590万母亲没有任何形式的医疗保险。虽然这些母亲大都来自工薪家庭 ,还是无法得到任何由政府资助的医疗保险 ,除非她们的家庭收入远远低于贫困线。近年来 ,政府通过Madicaid计划以及各州的儿童医保项目(SCHIPs,StateChildren′sHealthInsuranceProgram)强化了低收入家庭儿童的医疗保障 ,但是对这些儿童的母亲却没做多少事情。有些州着手将SCHIPs转化为以家庭为单位的、既保孩子又保大人的保险项目。共和、民主两党正在酝酿通过所谓的“家庭照顾法案” ,以增加联邦基金提供的方式对各州的这种医保转型给予支持 There are about 5.9 million mothers in the United States without any form of medical insurance. Although most of these mothers come from working families, they still can not get any government-subsidized medical insurance unless their household income is well below the poverty line. In recent years, the government has strengthened the coverage of health care for children from low-income families through the Madicaid Program and state child health insurance programs (SCHIPs), but little has been done for the mothers of these children. Some states set out to transform SCHIPs into home-based insurance programs that protect both children and adults. The Republican and Democrats are brewing to support this transition in health care in all states through the so-called “Family Care Act,” in an effort to increase the way the federal funds provide