Two goals are to expand health insurance to millions of Americans who do not have it, and to control rising costs for those who do.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

In Europe,it continued to expand, but at a slower rate than earlier.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The government says it will also expand treatment and support services.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

And it gives colleges a way to expand their diversity.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

Their demand is that Congress act now to expand health-care insurance to the estimated 47 million Americans who do not have it.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

President Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress want to expand health-insurance coverage to 46 million Americans who currently do not have it.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

"It focuses on helping small businesses create jobs, not spending more taxpayer dollars to expand government."

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

And there are still too many successful small businesses that want to expand further and hire more but just do not have the capital to do it."

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Republicans opposed the increased spending, arguing it will expand the federal deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

It will expand the container shipping market and also help the environment.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

"As President Obama insisted and as part of the Israeli Knesset believes, Israel has to now give clear guarantees that it is not going to expand these settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says many Democrats remain committed to a sweeping reform plan that would expand health insurance coverage to millions of Americans who currently do not have it.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

The deal was widely seen as surrender to Taliban control of the valley, but it collapsed after militants refused to lay down arms and moved into neighboring districts to expand their influence.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

"Let us settle it, expand and love our homeland." Mr.Netanyahu reluctantly imposed a partial freeze on West Bank construction under pressure from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

At an estimated $87 billion, the measure would expand health insurance coverage to about currently without it,create new private insurance marketplaces, And,like the slightly more expensive measure passed by the House of Representatives, it would end a practice by private insurance companies of denying coverage to individuals with existing health problems.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25