ace....thanks for telling me why I support an incredibly successful health care program for children as a "stop-gap" safety net for millions of kids, the vast majority of whom are in the program for 3 years or less.... far greater in number than those whose parents may abuse or choose to become dependent on the program (that you conveniently cant quantify).
....that my motive is
"just for the sake of being disagreeable".
Thanks also for posting the Chicago Trib article. It exposed another myth that Bush perpetuated when he misled the American people (lied?) about the program in his radio address following his veto:
Quote:
"Congress's SCHIP plan is an incremental step toward their goal of government-run health care for every American. Government-run health care would deprive Americans of the choice and competition that comes from the private market. ...It would replace the doctor-patient relationship with dependency on bureaucrats in Washington, D.C."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea.../20071006.html
|
The MYTH:
The State Children's Health Insurance Program is government-run health care.
THE REALITY
About three-quarters of the 6 million children enrolled in the program receive care through managed- care plans. These plans are run by private companies and provide services largely through networks of private hospitals and doctors.
The federal government pays about 70 percent of the bills; the states pay the rest. The states have had considerable flexibility in deciding who is eligible for the program, what benefits are offered and how the program is structured.
The program's insurance coverage is "much more similar to private insurance coverage than 'government run' programs like the Veterans Administration," says a recently published brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/featur...8.story?page=2