Why Bush resists child health bill

Christian Science Monitor
Posted: September 30th, 2007 by Steve Trinward

“President Bush heads into only the fourth veto of his presidency with most of America’s health establishment and nearly two-thirds of the Congress arrayed against him. A 12-year-old boy delivered the Democratic response to Mr. Bush’s radio address this weekend, and children pulling red wagons are expected to deliver 1 million petitions supporting renewal of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) to the White House on Monday. Explaining a vote against healthcare for poor children is not the issue that Republicans wanted to take into the November 2008 elections.” [editor’s note: How about explaining holding the existing program’s renewal hostage to an expansionist “camel-nose” push for nationalizing healthcare for all? Nobody in Congress seemed to consider that option! - SAT] (09/30/07)

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