Hey Dems! I Thought SCHIP Was All About The Children?
As I told you before, SCHIP is the universal health care Trojan Horse . SCHIP depends on smokers, yet Congress plans to extinguish smoking. As Coburn warned us: :”So this is going to be a tough vote. Kids versus my political career. Kids versus my political power. Kids versus my political earmarks. We’re going to see. We’re going to get to see what the real priorities of the Senate are.” And see we are. Michelle points to this:
President Bush and Congress have spent much of autumn locked in a bitter fight over expanding a popular children’s health insurance program, and neither side has been willing to blink.
But for states such as California, the effects of the stalemate are hitting home.
Unless there’s an infusion of cash – and quickly – California will run out of federal money to pay for its program in June. To prepare for the shortfall, state officials will decide in the next two weeks whether to stop enrolling new children and send letters to 56,600 families telling them their children will lose health coverage on Dec. 31.
“These are horrible options,” said Lesley Cummings, who manages the state’s Healthy Families insurance program for low-income kids. “We never thought we were going to be in this place.”
California isn’t alone. The Congressional Research Service estimates that 21 states will exhaust their federal money next year – nine will run out of money in March – if Congress simply keeps the program funded at the current levels.Congress approved a short-term extension until Dec. 14 for the program, which is run by the states and paid for with state and federal money. But while lawmakers and the White House have been negotiating for weeks over a compromise to boost funding, no deal has been reached.
Michelle is correct when she says:
The Dems and their media water-carriers will blame Bush. But the Dems’ political ploy is transparent: They’d rather S-CHIP run out of money than pass a streamlined version of the bill that provides a steady stream of funds at current levels.
Who cares about the children?
This isn’t about the children’s health, this is about the Democrats scoring future votes with bad legislation. This has nothing to do with the children, and everything to do with the failure of the Democratic leadership.
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November 26, 2007 - 04:23 PM on November 26th, 2007
Consider 911 When Thinking ‘Clinton’
…so far out of touch it serves as the general tone of the former Clinton Administration and no need for another one.
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November 26, 2007 - 05:31 PM on November 26th, 2007
Caption Contest
Have at it! Photo pinched from Gateway Pundit …
November 26, 2007 - 06:09 PM on November 26th, 2007
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November 26, 2007 - 07:03 PM on November 26th, 2007
Muslims Protest US Aid (Updated)
Don’t bother helping us, kuffar.Several hundred activists of the radical Islamic group Hizb ut Tahrir staged protests here before the arrival of two ships of the US Navy for distributing relief supplies among cyclone-affected people. Two warships, USS…
November 26, 2007 - 08:16 PM on November 26th, 2007
the cyber-machete
Manage some of the attacks you might be receiving that you don’t even know about. Splogs could be stealing your content…and spiders could be injecting code and you don’t even know it! Here are some wordpress plugins to help.
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November 26, 2007 - 08:20 PM on November 26th, 2007
The Truth: A Casualty of War
We’ve come a long way from the days of Bing Crosby and other Hollywood stars who supported the war effort. Brian DePalma’s “Redacted” fits right in with the claims of anti-war left marxists. “Casualties of War” was…
November 26, 2007 - 08:26 PM on November 26th, 2007
Walking the Walk
There is more to the Christian faith than paying lip service. Christ said “by their fruits you will know them’
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November 26, 2007 - 08:46 PM on November 26th, 2007
The Western Alliance in Jeopardy?
Australia is (or was) one of the West’s long-standing allies and the down-under anchor of the Western Alliance.
November 26, 2007 - 10:50 PM on November 26th, 2007
For all of those liberals who are in favor of socialized medicine, I want to let you know what Medicare/medicaid is planning for the near future and you need to realize that “Universal Healthcare” will be even worse because it will require Doctors to participate or get out of medicine. This is directly from an AMA flyer. Despite the fact that Medicare knows that operating expenses for Drs’ offices have risen of the past 6 years, Medicare will be reducing their payments for covered services to 10% less than they’ve been paying for the last 6 years. Medicare also intends to reduce the payment amounts for covered services by a total of 40% over the next 9 years. That means in 2016, Medicare will have lowered its payments for covered services to 40% less than they were paying in 2001. Unlike the proposed universal healthcare plan of the Democrats, doctors can refuse to accept Medicare and only accept private insurance which pays substantially more. Many doctors who rely on Medicare payments for a bulk of their patients will be forced to either turn away current patients or face closing their doors. If the proposed universal healthcare is adopted, many doctors will close their offices due to an inability to make enough to pay their bills. This will result in an even higher patient to doctor ratio. That ratio will result in longer waits to see a doctor. It will also cause many hospitals to close their doors. If you think the current system sucks, just imagine how great it will be when you have only one doctor to service over 500 people.
November 26, 2007 - 10:56 PM on November 26th, 2007
News from the Far End of the World
The big news is in Pakistan. Musharraf is stepping down as chief of the Army on Wednesday and taking the oath of office as a civilian president this Thursday. But first, he will make extended farewell visits to Pakistani troops in Islamabad and Rawalpi…
November 26, 2007 - 11:55 PM on November 26th, 2007
No Fault Divorce?
At least they should call it “both fault divorceâ€, or how about “all my fault divorceâ€, or “it’s really my fault but I’ll blame it all on you anyway divorceâ€. At least that would be more honest eh.
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November 27, 2007 - 02:38 AM on November 27th, 2007
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November 27, 2007 - 07:23 AM on November 27th, 2007
9, FAO, your pearls fall on deaf ears because Hillary Clinton and her fellow Democrats will have private doctors or be at the head of the line for treatments and transplants because they are important politicians.
November 27, 2007 - 07:24 AM on November 27th, 2007
Huckabee v Hillary
I don’t know much about Huckabee, but this sure did get my attention.Consumers are financing both sides in the war on terror because of the actions of U.S. ally Saudi Arabia, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Sunday. The former
November 27, 2007 - 09:51 AM on November 27th, 2007
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November 27, 2007 - 09:53 AM on November 27th, 2007
Rememberance Hanukkah 5768
This video is made up of Public Domain Images from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Department of Defence and GNU Free Documentation Licensed componemts from Wikimedia Commons
November 27, 2007 - 09:58 AM on November 27th, 2007
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November 27, 2007 - 10:38 AM on November 27th, 2007
Publicity Stunt
If you’re suing for bad publicity caused by an erroneous web posting that over states how much back child support you owe, does it make sense to sue the owner of the website?
November 27, 2007 - 10:47 AM on November 27th, 2007
The Knuckleheads of the Day award
Today’s winners are Neurosurgeon J. Frederick Harrington and Rhode Island Hospital.
November 27, 2007 - 10:56 AM on November 27th, 2007
I’ve been assimilated
As of today, I’ve joined the Wizbang collective aka the Bomb Squad. From now on I will be a contributing blogger to Wizbang Politics and Wizbang Sports.
November 27, 2007 - 11:04 AM on November 27th, 2007
The Global Age of Entitlement (and violence)
If this is modern society, stop the world because I want off.
France is on fire – again. And once again, it is their exploding immigrant population that is tearing their host country apart while demanding jobs, special treatment, and reacting with vio…
November 27, 2007 - 12:51 PM on November 27th, 2007
Trees Lie: World Warmer Centuries Ago
Well, now. How do the climahysterics argue with, you know, facts?
(Andrew Bolt – Herald Sun) The IPCC used it in its third assessment report. Al Gore used it in his movie. In fact, no graphic has had such a huge effect as the infamous hockeystick produ…
November 27, 2007 - 12:56 PM on November 27th, 2007
Schumer Now Likes Arab Emirate Business
A few years back Dubai wanted to purchase several ports in the United States. Democrats, trying to make people believe they were tough on security, raised a stink about the security implications of such a move. The deal was eventually halted and the …
November 27, 2007 - 02:48 PM on November 27th, 2007
Tuesday News Roundup
The “disaffected French youths” are rioting again. **yawn** VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France ” Rampaging youths rioted for a second night in Paris’ suburbs, firing at officers and ramming burning cars into buildings. At least 80 officers were injured, a se…
November 28, 2007 - 01:50 AM on November 28th, 2007
Paris burns for a second night
Telegraph.co.uk – President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is facing his first serious test of his law and order credentials after a second night of rioting erupted in northern Paris leaving more than 60 officers injured. Of the injured officers five are sa…