A prominent group of 16 national organizations challenged Congress on Thursday to cut quickly through gridlock and pass legislative proposals that would provide health coverage for more than 23 million uninsured Americans. The top proposal by the Health Coverage Coalition for the Uninsured is a five-year, $45 billion effort dubbed the "Kids First Initiative." It calls for expanding funding and eligibility for the State Children's Health Insurance Program and a new tax credit to help struggling families buy job-based child coverage. The group also recommended that Medicaid, the joint federal and state health program for the poor, should be modified...