Thursday, September 27, 2007

No Child Left...with insurance

Bush Readies Veto Pen As Senate Passes Children's Health Bill

9/27/07 (The Politico) The stage is set for one of the most significant domestic policy showdowns of the Bush presidency.

The Senate on Thursday night cleared a massive children's health insurance bill by a veto-proof margin, 67-29, but House approval earlier this week of the same bill was not enough for a veto override, leaving President Bush with the upper hand for now. (more)

3 comments:

Brandi said...

And the cost? a drop in the bucket compared to this war.

He said these (low income) kids in the program can afford private insurance and shouldn't rely on government health care programs.. He obviously doesn't know how much private insurance costs... and that these families can probably barely afford their deductibles, co-pays and pharmacy costs--because, obviously, they're in that low income bracket.

Sue Hoffman said...

Bush is either:

1. So out of touch and a total idiot.

or

2. Evil

I'm not sure which is worse.

Anonymous said...

I'm going to say #1.