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Bush: Still Lying About Health Insurance
In These Times and ThinkProgress had already taken the White House to task for pushing the lie that the SCHIP bill would raise the income eligibility limit to families earning $83,000 a year. Of course, Bush is still saying it: "this program expands coverage, federal...
Kids Warn Conservatives, "No More Photo Ops"
As noted here before, House conservatives are sweating the upcoming vote to override Bush's veto of SCHIP expansion. Unlike Bush, everyone in the House is up for re-election in 2008. Support for covering 4 million more children with health insurance, and paying for...
Still Lying
In These Times and ThinkProgress had already taken the White House to task for pushing the lie that the SCHIP bill would raise the income eligibility limit to families earning $83,000 a year. Of course, Bush is still saying it: "this program expands coverage, federal...
AmateurBall
Perhaps the only thing going for conservatives in the SCHIP debate is complete journalistic incompetence from the Washington media. Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball just asserted that the SCHIP bill isn't paid for and doesn't include a raise in tobacco taxes. He...
Health Care Fight, Round One
President Bush's veto today of the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill marks the first round in a national fight about health care. The president chose the special interests of big insurance companies over the needs of millions of children who need...
This Veto Will Not Be Quiet
This morning, President Bush stood for bad government, insurance companies and cheaper tobacco and vetoed expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program to cover 10 million kids. In the words of the White House, the plan was to "veto it quietly," so not to...
One More Vote to Override SCHIP Veto
Public pressure continues to build on House members that voted against expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Today, Tulsa World reports that conservative "Bush Dog" Democrat Rep. Dan Boren (Okla.) will drop his opposition and support an override of...
The White House Tries To Answer a Question
Kudos to Rebecca from Saint Paul! She submitted one of our proposed State Children's Health Insurance Program questions to "Ask The White House:" SCHIP has succeeded in cutting the rate of uninsured children, while the rate of uninsured adults has gone up. But we...
Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up
The Sunday shows have a record day, going 0-for-4 for the Watchdog. On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Trent Lott was not asked how he could criticize SCHIP expansion for making "Uncle Sam will run the program," when he wants the federal government to take away state...
Health Care in Election '08
Watch my interview below from the LiberalOasis Radio Show, about how healthcare is shaping the presidential race in 2008. Part 1: Part 2:
