President Bush and his compassionate conservative pals are wanting another 200 billion dollars for their “war” in Iraq, but when it comes to providing an additional 4 million children some health insurance at a cost of 5 billion dollars, they squeal like a herd of pigs.
The SCHIP Bill (State Children's Health Insurance Program) is now out of committee and will be voted soon in both houses of congress. Bush says he will veto it. So much for his compassion.
Surely, making health insurance available to children whose parents can’t afford private insurance is the right thing to do.
After all, without medical insurance, these children are taken to emergency rooms all over the country which only increases insurance payments for the rest of us.
Opponents are wrong if they think this is “socialized medicine”. That’s what England has. The doctors and hospitals work for the government.
Wouldn’t it be great if we had a single payer plan like the Canadians, where you can go to any doctor you want and the government pays the bill?
When will these Republicans and the president begin to help the American people for a change?
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even if this is a good idea, why is this a federal issue-- instead of something best administered by the states?
If this is a good idea?
You've got to be kidding!
When the individual states fail to take care of the needs of children, it proves that they are either not the "best" administrators.
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