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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Yes, it is a lie.
Low and moderate income families currently insured through an employer-funded program (or other pooled health insurance program) are NOT eligible for SCHIPs unless or until they loose their current health insurance program.
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Not everyone may go from an employer-funded program, or other pooled program? For example there are millions of small business owners who purchase their own individual policies. Individual (family) heath insurance is a pretty big business.
P.S. - I guess I should not be surprised - people in Washington often overlook small business owners or people who don't work for large corporations and government.
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Originally Posted by MrTia
i dont know. is it? if the proponents of the veto have already mischaracterized the bill’s income threshold in order to justify their veto, how do we know they haven’t mischaracterized this as well?
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See the above to DC. The assumption is that Bush automatically lies, rather than taking the time to understand the point. One of the points is that the law overly complicates such an important issue to families. If you make x and are in y circumstance you get z only if a is true and b is false and you live in state J. Then next year, if you move, get a higher paying job, get divorced... Why not say every child is covered, period? If that is what we want.