SCHIP still haunts the halls of Congress
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007The Senate will return to SCHIP today. This version of the bill was quickly pushed through the House, though it offers little improvement over the previous version of the bill.
The Democrats needed to swing 13 Republicans in the House to override the promised presidential veto, but only one Republican changed his vote. […]
Light Up for Kids
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Remember, every cigarette you smoke could be saving a life…
Smoking for Healtcare: It’s Just Dumb
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Democrats want to fund SCHIP by increasing taxes on tobacco products. However, the tax increase with the current number of smokers will not cover the entire cost of the bill. Even so, smoking for healthcare just seems dumb, as the below video makes vividly clear.
MoveOn.org raising money to run SCHIP ad
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Republicans 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 […]
Bush Vetoes SCHIP Legislation
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Bush 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, 2007As 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 […]
The Butcher Strikes Again: SCHIP Debate is a Farse
Friday, September 28th, 2007Tom Coburn speaks truth on the SCHIP bill. A bill which recently passed both chambers of Congress and is on its way to the President for his promised veto. A veto that will be sustained by at least the House and most likely the Senate.
My criticism of Republicans on this issue and other […]
Extend SCHIP program without spending billions to expand it
Thursday, September 27th, 2007An 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, […]
How Liberal Democrats View Wealth
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007While watching (a sober) Ted Kennedy debate (talk to himself) on the SCHIP bill on the floor of the Senate he said something that sums up how Democrats view wealth.
Ted Kennedy, pointed to a visual aid and which presented the spending choices the Bush administration has made relative to SCHIP legislation. It was a […]
You Decide: Is Huckabee (a little, a lot, or not at all) Socialist on Health Care
Friday, September 7th, 2007I am not convinced that he is not. I think his strategy is to craft a policy and a message based on that policy intended to cast a net that will catch the greatest number of voters.
Whether or not Huckabee committs this political crime or not, sacrificing conservative principles for independent votes, […]
