11 pages. Excerpt: Senator Obama suggests a new framework -- the National Health Insurance Exchange (NHIE) -- by which individuals without access to Medicaid, SCHIP, or employer-sponsored insurance could obtain coverage. Obama's plan would reach almost all children and more than half of uninsured adults (in 2007, there were 8.9 million uninsured children and 36.1 million uninsured adults) by extending eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP, providing income-related subsidies for coverage in the NHIE, and offering a guaranteed source of purchasing insurance coverage, even to those in poor health.  MORE >>