Democrats in the House of Representatives have let down children's health insurance advocates twice now. But the Congressional Democrats say this will not happen ever again.
Democrats in U.S. House of Representatives won’t try to push legislation to expand the States’ Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) because they know it won’t be passed.”We are not going to change any votes on the children’s health insurance bill. We still don’t have enough to override a veto, ” said U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel from Illinois.
It is possible that the Democrats or hoping Obama will win president, since he is known to support SCHIP expansion. He has said that he will fight for it to be federally mandated that all children have health insurance.
Republicans think that expanding SCHIP is too costly and a step toward “socialized medicine” which is not what they want. Democrats blurt that Republicans just don’t want to insure children. Representative Emanuel says, “Those who opposed this bill can face the voters and explain why they believe 10 million kids should not get health coverage.”
The SCHIP debate is proving to be a controversial one, and pretty much fully partisan in Washington. This makes for an interesting result to watch for in the 2008 Health Care Campaign.
Democrats Not Pushing Children's Health Insurance
George W Bush, along with the house democrats have let down the advocators for children’s health insurance twice. The Congressional Democrats are assuring that this will not happen again.
House Democrats aren’t trying to push legislation to expand the SCHIP (States’ Children’s Health Insurance Program), saying they know it won’t be passed. Representative Rahm Emanuel from IL states, “We are not going to change 
any votes on the children’s health insurance bill. We still don’t have enough to override a veto.”
We’re thinking that the Democrats are banking on Illinois Senator Barack Obama winning the presidential election in November. Senator Obama is a supporter of expanding SCHIP, and he’s even gone as far to say he’ll push for a federal mandate that all children have health insurance.
Republicans think that expanding SCHIP is too costly and a step toward “socialized medicine” which is not what they want. Democrats blurt that Republicans just don’t want to insure children. Representative Emanuel says, “Those who opposed this bill can face the voters and explain why they believe 10 million kids should not get health coverage.”
The SCHIP debate is proving to be a controversial one, and pretty much fully partisan in Washington. This makes for an interesting result to watch for in the 2008 Health Care Campaign.
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