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Patients First

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

The health care battle heats up as issue advocacy groups, such as Americans for Prosperity, start running ads against Obama’s government-run plan.

A Dollar a Day (adds up way faster than you think)

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

While we’re on the subject of healthcare and failing government policies, take note of this brilliant idea.
Is it just me, or is everything wrong with using taxpayers’ money to fund this program? Since when does the government subsidize morality? Oh, wait, it’s not morality, abstinence is not required! Plus it’s totally discriminatory, because unless you […]

Stop government-run health care

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

An advertisement produced by the RNC that won’t air on ABC because, well, our money (and message) is no good to them. The only currency (and message) ABC currently accepts is unpaid-for, deficit-increasing, bureaucratic-based, and government-run, unless of course, such is proposed by a Republican, and then ABC is automatically against it.

HillaryCare

Friday, March 7th, 2008

MoveOn.org raising money to run SCHIP ad

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Republicans support health care for poor children. Either for moral, philosophical, or political reasons, they all do. Indeed there is a conservative philosophical argument (and counter argument) that can be made that providing government health care for children is within the proper scope of government authority.
However, SCHIP is a bad bill and no […]

Hillary opens up 33 point lead

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Hillary’s surging lead over other Democrat Presidential hopeful isn’t only apparent in the fundraising totals, but in the polls as well.
According the the New York Post:
Hillary Rodham Clinton has jumped to an astounding 33-point lead over Barack Obama, topping her main rival among every major slice of the electorate and widening a dominating advantage she […]

Bush Vetoes SCHIP Legislation

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Bush Vetoed the SCHIP legislation earlier today, citing its fiscal irresponsbility stemming from its coverage of adults, children who already have private insurance and children of parents who make $80,000 a year.
No one is against covering at risk children, but kids with parents who make $80,000 a year or kids that already have insurance are […]

INCREMENTAL

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

As SCHIP prepares to die at the pen of President Bush, the Politico reports on an internal Clinton White House memo from 1993 that discusses back-up strategies in case the Clintons’ health care reform failed
The Politico reports that “Back in 1993, according to an internal White House staff memo, then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s staff […]

Quote of the Day

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Let’s be clear: This is not a debate over whether we’re going to provide health insurance for our nation’s low-income children, because we all agree that we will do that. This is a debate over whether we should move to nationalize health care.
-Senator Mel Martinez (R-Fl) in today’s Orlando Sentinel on the underlying focus of […]

Extend SCHIP program without spending billions to expand it

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

An article published in USA Today, written by Mike Leavitt:
We all want to see every American insured, and President Bush has proposed a plan to see that everyone is. Congress, instead, is pushing a massive expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that grows government without helping nearly as many children.
The president’s plan, […]

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