Countdown - Interview with Graeme Frost’s parents
The SChip program is very important. The Government, our political leaders, have to do a better job of taking care of the American people. Schip is one of those programs that does take care of our citizens. Ugly politically motivated personal attacks on the Frost family have been well documented. The only think that is missing from the documentation is the support of the private insurance companies. They have to be funneling money into some of the Right Wing blogs. If not then they are getting a huge bang for no bucks.
Whether you agree with the expansion of Schip or not, all Americans should agree with the status quo in health care is not acceptable. We have to do something different.
The Carpetbagger Report has more -
The irony of the last couple of weeks is that the debate over the State’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) was supposed to be one of the easy ones. Way back in July, the WaPo’s Christopher Lee noted, “If anything looked like a sure thing in the new Congress, it was that lawmakers would renew, and probably expand, the popular, decade-old State Children’s Health Insurance Program before it expires this year.” It was a no-brainer — who was going to balk at an established, successful program that offers health insurance for kids?
Dems and Republicans reached a compromise version, which drew praise from governors, the medical community, and children’s advocates. Of all the bills likely to spark a political war, this was going to be at the bottom of the list.
And yet, here we are. S-CHIP garnered an inexplicable veto, the right is smearing a 12-year-old kid and his family, and Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee are issuing breathtaking press releases like this one. (more…)
[...] Wing has been particularly agitated the last week or so. They have been very busy slamming a 12 year old boy and his family and a 2 year old girl and her family. Then Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Just the mention [...]