I ask because I don't know and I can't be bothered to do the homework. I gather two things: Vetoing SCHIP denies 12 (?) million American children of working-class families access to SCHIP. Ogo's/Eabo's argument against SCHIP is that … [Read more...]
Ogonowski as GOP’s Charlie McCarthy
Wow, that independent, jes'-folks Jim Ogonowski sure is independent from the national GOP, huh? A real maverick, right? Like on SCHIP!Well, maybe not: House Republicans quietly distributed a survey by David Winston, who is close … [Read more...]
My Challenge to the President
He says the bill costs too much. But for the price of one day in Iraq, we could cover 256,000 children. One week would cover 1.8 million children. And just over one month of the Iraq war would cover the full cost of the bill and insure 10 … [Read more...]
SCHIP: it’s on
As expected, President Bush has vetoed the bipartisan SCHIP bill. The Senate has enough votes to override the veto; the House does not.At least, not yet. Word on the street is that the House leadership will wait a while before … [Read more...]
Bush Vetos Children’s Health Insurance Plan
Today, George Bush vetoed the bi-partisan and successful Children's Health Insurance Plan. He did so behind closed doors and shutout the media.Bush casting his veto behind closed doors without any fanfare or news coverage.Families USA … [Read more...]
Republicans trashing Bush over SCHIP
Herewith a roundup of what some prominent conservative and moderate Republicans are saying about President Bush's position on, and threatened veto of, the SCHIP bill that Congress passed yesterday. Before we get started, let's be … [Read more...]
Jim Ogonowski breaks my brain in little pieces.
Our differently-winged friend EaBo helpfully pointed to this op-ed by Jim Ogonowski, in which he makes crystal clear his reasons for opposing the expansion of kids' health care under SCHIP:SCHIP was originally intended to help poor … [Read more...]
Carrying a SCHIP on our shoulder
The Senate passes an expansion of SCHIP, proposing to extend health care to millions more kids. This includes the expansion funded by a cigarette tax hike. (Liddy Dole responded (not in so many words) that this would be a regressive tax … [Read more...]
Governors [heart] health care for kiddos
Hey, David Broder's on a roll: Here's a nice report (not a column) on governors' support for SCHIP, the program that expands Medicare to cover some kids. And the Bush administration faces bipartisan pressure on this one. The Guvs don't … [Read more...]
Friday quick hits
What a treasure the Berkshires are; Massachusetts' slice of heaven, as far as I'm concerned. I'm at Fuel Coffee Shop in Great Barrington, which has a very fast wireless connection. Good on them.Here's some catching up ...Jay tut-tuts … [Read more...]