Public Campaign Action Fund - SCHIP Sinks - Comments

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Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:17:45 -0500

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SCHIP

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:32:28 -0500

The bill vetoed by President Bush would not have given households with an AGI of $82,000 eligibility for SCHIP. The State of New York recently asked for permission to extend SCHIP eligibility in New York so that those families would have been eligible. The Bush Administration rejected that request. The bill that was vetoed by President Bush would not have changed that situation.

SCIP

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:03:38 -0500

I'm surprised that you would support a bill that finances health care insurance for 25 yr olds whose household income is 82,000 AGI (much higher in terms of gross pay) on the backs of smokers who tend to be poor and lower income working families.

SCHIP Sinks

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:02:27 -0500

The House fell nine votes short of overriding President Bush's veto of a bill that would have expanded the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Over the course of the debate on the bill we've looked at the money Sen. Mitch McConnell and President Bush have taken from HMOs and Big Tobacco (the increase in the program would have been funded by an additional tax on tobacco products). Now we see the end result: another example of big money interests dominating over voter concerns.