S-CHIP debate sends Republicans over the edge

S-CHIP debate sends Republicans over the edge
Posted October 13th, 2007 at 2:21 pm


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.



It actually gets worse from there, including multiple references to “rental children.”

The Republican committee staff added a tongue-in-cheek disclaimer at the bottom of this inanity that read, “Actual facts and events may vary, but really, how much?”

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Montgomery Burns? Mayor Quimby? Springfield?

Sometimes it's hard to tell truth from the Onion anymore and it would've fooled me if they didn't put those names in there. Says a lot about the asshole republickers that we'd believe this.

whole thing isn't. I do think the rethugs have gone over the edge on this. Seems like they just want to pick a fight, even if it is with a 12-year old.

This family was earning $45,000 per year (pretty close to median earnings for an American family) IIRC, and one catastrophic accident wipes them out. I read somewhere that some of the idiot freepers thought this family's income was high enough to be called "wealthy". So I looked up the median family income in MD and it turned out it was in excess of $80,000 per year.

Point is this could happen to anybody, including the douchebags that are ridiculing the kid and his family.

in TX several years ago fought tooth and nail to get "caps" on insurance payments for people hurt in auto accidents, it went through, and within a month, this clown's son was in a terrible accident that turned his son into a 24 hour care case, for the rest of his life...:(

This TX senator then tried to exclude himself from the law just passed, so he could collect for the care of his son. The TX SC ruled agains him, and he had an epeiphany of just how karma works.

I feel for the kid, but it was his father that helped to destroy what life this youngster will have. I have heard a rumor that the legislator turned his son over to the TX DHHS, and he is a ward of the state now, but I cannot prove that, it was long enough ago that I can't even recall his name.

The ONLY entity that benefitted was the insurance company, just what this jerk wanted to happen.