Democrats To Make Children’s Health Program a Top Priority

[babylonsister]

Democrats To Make Children’s Health Program a Top Priority
By Alex Wayne, CQ Staff


Democrats are expected to pass a large expansion of children’s health insurance early next year, making good on a campaign promise dating to 2006.

Lobbyists from child advocacy groups have been meeting with the staff of key Democratic lawmakers and committees responsible for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in recent weeks, urging them to pass an expansion of the program as one of their first acts of the new Congress.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears poised to meet the demand; she told National Public Radio on Wednesday that an SCHIP expansion “will probably be one of the first bills we would put on President Obama’s desk.”

The legislation came to President Bush’s desk twice, and he vetoed it both times.

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[DJ13]

1. Good, but dont do it [again] on the backs of the poor

Last time it was (yet another) tax on cigarette's, which unfairly adds to the tax burden shouldered by the poor, you know, the same people who are the parents of the kids you want to help.

Tax something the poor dont consume, like fine wine or something.

[bluesmail]

2. Important step # 1. n/t

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. How about...

Grownups, too.

[babylonsister]

5. That's on the way, too. I imagine since they've done all the work on

SCHIP, they want to finish what they started there.

[aquart]

4. Oh, goody. Save the kids and let the parents die.

Piecemeal healthcare is NOT the answer.

[babylonsister]

6. You're full of crap. nt

[aquart]

7. Now there's helpful constructive criticism.