Moore: Sign health-care petition

Richard Moore has kicked off an Internet petition on health insurance for children.

The state treasurer, who is running for the Democratic nomination for governor, is running Internet ads — including on Dome — linking to a site denouncing federal limits on expanding a state-run insurance program.

In August, Congressional Democrats unsuccessfully pushed to expand the Children's Health Insurance Program with a hefty tobacco tax increase. Later that month, the Bush administration adopted new standards that make it harder for states to expand the program.

On the Web site, Moore invites voters to tell "George Bush that North Carolina wants more health insurance for its children, not less."

In the coming weeks, I intend to lay out an ambitious agenda that will overhaul North Carolina's health care system. But the Bush administration's actions make such reforms even more difficult.

To sign, voters have to give their name, address and e-mail.