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Friday, September 21, 2007
Two Ironies Of The SCHIP Debate
President "Heckuva job, Brownie" Bush has cast himself as the defender of the poor against the greedy working class, which doesn't deserve help with their health insurance bills. I don't see how else you read statements like this.
Also, SCHIP supporters are now driving home the point that the expansion is for mostly low-income children. Aren't they trying to show that they aren't too concerned with the undeserving poor? If I were them I'd say "Yes, the SCHIP expansion isn't just for poor families. It's for low-income and middle-class families that are having trouble getting health care for their kids. What's wrong with that?" After all, it's a program for children in families whose incomes are too high qualify them for Medicaid. That seems to be one of the reasons it's so popular.
Anyway, I don't want to sweat the small stuff- it's great that Congress will pass something, even if it will be vetoed, and I'm pretty confident that we can override it. But do we always have to be so defensive when Bush goes on the attack?
Posted by Matt Lewis
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