House Democrats were unable to muster enough votes to override the President’s veto of their expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) in spite of their emotional appeals using two children, Graeme Frost and Bethany Wilkerson, to front for their deceptions. This does not end the debate on the program, of course, as the confusing exaggerations continue.
I am confused, for instance, by the Associated Press coverage of the veto. “…The State Children's Health Insurance Program now subsidizes health care insurance coverage for about 6 million children at a cost of about $5 billion a year. The vetoed bill would have added 4 million more children, most of them from low-income families, to the program at an added cost of $7 billion annually…. But Democrats said the bill's original focus remained intact. States would be given bonuses for signing up low-income children already eligible for the program but not enrolled. ‘Under current law, these boys and girls are entitled to their benefits,’ said Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. ‘Continuing to not provide them with coverage is a travesty.’”
Democrats continue to act as if the failure of their expansion plans for the program amounts to an elimination of the current benefits, which fails all truth detector tests. From the same AP article: “Bush has recommended a $1 billion annual increase in the program, bringing total spending over five years to $30 billion -- half the level called for in the bill that he vetoed.” Does that sound like someone intent on eliminating the S-CHIP program? Only if you live in the land of left-believe.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) typifies the confusing gobbledy-gook of the Democrat’s rationalizations to muster the votes needed to override the veto: “…But that does not include people earning $83,000 a year. So while some of you may use that as an excuse not to vote for this program, I hope you know intellectually that it is not a reason to vote against SCHIP. They are currently no children enrolled in SCHIP with family income of 400 percent of the federal poverty level, $83,000 for a family of four. In fact, 91.3 percent of the children enrolled in SCHIP are in families of four that make less than 200 percent of poverty. And 99.95 percent of them are in families under 300 percent of poverty…” (Use the Bethany Wilkerson link to view the transcript of Rep. Pelosi’s remarks).
As far as I can make out from her remarks, the current S-CHIP program already covers the families who Democrats imply will not be covered unless their expansion is approved. Only in the land of left-believe.
How to anger a conservative: Tell her a lie.
How to anger a liberal: Tell him the truth.
I am confused, for instance, by the Associated Press coverage of the veto. “…The State Children's Health Insurance Program now subsidizes health care insurance coverage for about 6 million children at a cost of about $5 billion a year. The vetoed bill would have added 4 million more children, most of them from low-income families, to the program at an added cost of $7 billion annually…. But Democrats said the bill's original focus remained intact. States would be given bonuses for signing up low-income children already eligible for the program but not enrolled. ‘Under current law, these boys and girls are entitled to their benefits,’ said Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. ‘Continuing to not provide them with coverage is a travesty.’”
Democrats continue to act as if the failure of their expansion plans for the program amounts to an elimination of the current benefits, which fails all truth detector tests. From the same AP article: “Bush has recommended a $1 billion annual increase in the program, bringing total spending over five years to $30 billion -- half the level called for in the bill that he vetoed.” Does that sound like someone intent on eliminating the S-CHIP program? Only if you live in the land of left-believe.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) typifies the confusing gobbledy-gook of the Democrat’s rationalizations to muster the votes needed to override the veto: “…But that does not include people earning $83,000 a year. So while some of you may use that as an excuse not to vote for this program, I hope you know intellectually that it is not a reason to vote against SCHIP. They are currently no children enrolled in SCHIP with family income of 400 percent of the federal poverty level, $83,000 for a family of four. In fact, 91.3 percent of the children enrolled in SCHIP are in families of four that make less than 200 percent of poverty. And 99.95 percent of them are in families under 300 percent of poverty…” (Use the Bethany Wilkerson link to view the transcript of Rep. Pelosi’s remarks).
As far as I can make out from her remarks, the current S-CHIP program already covers the families who Democrats imply will not be covered unless their expansion is approved. Only in the land of left-believe.
How to anger a conservative: Tell her a lie.
How to anger a liberal: Tell him the truth.
(Photo: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, meets with Dara Wilkerson and her daughter Bethany.)
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