Child Health: Why Bush resists child health bill

Why Bush resists child health bill?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1001/p01s03-uspo.html?s=hns
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I guess he feels that people shouldn't HAVE children unless they can afford to take care of them? Gee - what a concept...
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Because Healthy Kids grow up to be SMART voters.
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Because he's a careless animal who only cares about his own well being while neglecting others'
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several reasons 1. family making six figures would be eligible 2 it removes allot of children from private health care to state run heath care. 3 If you kid is sick he can go to the free clinic now. You don't need a special bill.
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Because if is full of pork and unrelated spending. Plus it covers illegals, and takes children who are already covered and puts them into a socialized(lower quality) helath care plan, and covers kids who's parents make more than 6 figures. And oh, it increases taxes by huge amounts. Read the actual bill, I did.
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Because Bush has never had to make the decision between buying food, and taking a sick child to the doctor. Oh - and 'you can always go to the emergency room' is a cop out. Anyone touting that line has never received a bill from an emergency room.
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Its actually a rather simple reason. Why should Jane Taxpayer have to foot the bill for children that already have medical coverage? The bill was designed to provide coverage for children that are part of families that cant afford health care coverage. Not to allow parents to drop private insurance coverage when they can clearly afford it.
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too expensive - typical Democrat bill - they pass something without a way to pay for it except to raise taxes!
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Because like all republicans, Bush hates the children:) Bush supports a smaller version of the bill. The democrats know he will veto it and then bash republicans in next year elections.
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The real reason I get is that it's too much money and will cover children in higher income brackets. But it leaves me feeling he just doesn't care.
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The proposal moves this initiative beyond the original scope of the program at great cost. It is sad when Congress uses children as political pawns........
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Because the only welfare republicans are interested in are corporate bailouts. Sorry, I'm getting too distracted by the other answers to answer your question-- People who can't afford babies shouldn't be having them. People who are having babies but can't afford them can't use that as an excuse to justify abortion. Women should be punished for having sex, and all that rot. Man, the conservative mind blows me away sometimes.
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Because the upper limit of this bill is 72k, and if you make 72k you don't need a government assist to get health insurance. I know, I know, Bush hates kids.
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it covered more kids than it needed too and quite frankly, we can't afford it as a nation, even with the 61 cent tax this is a political football so republicans can blame democrats and democrats can blame republicans dont be fooled rove, dont be fooled
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SCHIP is already in place, and has been since 1997. This current bill requires that more money be put into the program by means of additional taxes . . . again, ADDITIONAL TAXES . . . . I hope that the resists it!
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We would have to borrow more money to fund it.
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Parading 12 yo kids and red wagons still doesn't change the fact that it's not the Gov't responsibility to take care of you... I have kids and I pay for them to got to the Dr. No Co-pay...Cash...$56 a visit. So far this year I have spent over $500 on their healthcare...Insurance for that same period would have run over $2100....How much would it be if it was run by the Gov't? It's your job as a parent!! Not something to be abborgated to the Gov't!!!
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Chuck Schumer - Democrat from New York was on the political talk show yesterday. Basically what this has become is a large bill that is taking us down the Universal Health Insurance path. People like myself who are paying for health insurance at work will be eligible under this plan. So I pay about $150 a month for my benefits. Under the new SCHIP rules, I am eligible for this. Why? I can afford this on my own. So basically what is going to happen is that I am capable of getting this insurance on your dime. Why should I pay for it? I make almost 6 figures but I will take it for free if I can. I would not because I don't want the government calling shots for me. That is the problem here. This is a political move by the democrats to make Bush look like he does not support children's health. Look at your question. You are falling for the democratic party line. Chuck Schummer said that this is an election year issue. They would continue to send this bill unchanged to Bush until they get enough votes to override the veto. No surprise, they want to make Bush look bad.
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You got brilliant answers. It's all about the long term effects of such a reform. Not harming kids as the Democrats will pursue. Just political wrangling. Inflated with personal agenda's of some and just another nail to the invisible coffin they build for Republican's via Bush. No solutions, no compromise. Pelosi should have that widebody aircraft and fly far, far away. She has lost her grip. But, it is a election season. Sliced between two crafty Clinton's. What else would we expect?
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Sorry i f people think the government should stay out of healthcare. Why is this such and abstract thought? The bill you're talking about wants to creat federal healthcare for kids who already have it. Can you not see the problems with this? If not go back to school, you're not done.
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saving pennies for the war!!
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He only likes children who are from wealth. Not all weathy people deserve to be wealthy. And not all poor people deserve to be poor.
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Because smokers ALREADY pay more taxes and have less rights.
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His priorities, as his supporters, are not for children, the poor, or the elderly but corporations and his little war. Billions a day on the war but not a few extra million for children. It is all a matter of priorities.

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Why Bush resists child health bill