As promised, President Bush vetoed a children’s health insurance bill
that passed in both the House and Senate and had unusual bi-partisan
support. The bill would have expanded the number of children covered by
State Children’s Health Insurance Program to 10 million, whereas now
the same program covers 6.6 million.
The president argued the
bill moved Schip away from its initial purpose of paying to cover poor
children and instead start providing for children from middle-class
families. Which would be a crime? Does he know how a large part of the
middle class lives nowadays?
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