House to Vote on New Version of Child Health Bill

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By ROBERT PEAR

Sensing a political advantage, Democrats rushed Wednesday to move a health care bill for children back to the House floor, having made minor changes to win over more Republicans.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would vote Thursday on the new bill. Like the original, which President Bush vetoed three weeks ago, it would cover 10 million children through the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and increase spending on the program by $35 billion, for a total of $60 billion, in the next five years.

But the new bill would tighten eligibility for the program, generally barring the use of federal money to cover illegal immigrants, childless adults and children of families with incomes exceeding three times the poverty level: $61,950 for a family of four.

“The bill addresses all of the concerns that were expressed by our colleagues and by the president,” Ms. Pelosi said. “We hope the Republicans will take yes for an answer.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/washington/25health.html?hp

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1. More prejudice against people without children

Barring the use of federal money to cover childless adults.

I guess all childless adults are perfectly healthy and able to work and earn tons of money, so they don't need ANY help from the system EVER.

Meanwhile, this same system encourages irresponsible women to keep having more and more kids, knowing that their monthly entitlement income will increase with each additional child.

Nothing like punishing people for being responsible enough NOT to have kids they can't afford.

What the hell is WRONG with our society??

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And this was even better:

Pelosi: “We hope the Republicans will take yes for an answer.”

Just keep rolling over for them, Pelosi!! :mad: