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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Yes because ever day 1000's and 1000's of poor children go without adequate medical care. You see their disease ridden bodies in the underfunded schools of the ghettos every day...
Oh wait they don't and you don't....
Without even bothering to read into it, this sounds like just something they want to use in the election. Having worked in public health care for 7 years, everything for poor kids was paid for.
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Maybe you should read into the SCHIPs program. Even with your years of experience in public health care, it appears you dont know much about a program that has been around since 1998.
More than 6 million children of working class families have been covered by the SCHIPs program in the last 10 years.
Perhaps that is why you dont see their disease ridden bodies.
And contrary to what has been said here, the program is not free health care. The families pay premiums based on income as well as co-pays.
Both Dems and Repubs alike agree that it has been one of the most successful government programs in recent years. The debate is on how far to extend it to cover children of middle class families who otherwise do not have health insurance.