President George W. Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program is going to stand — for now — because 13 more Republicans could not be convinced to do what was in the best interest of the nation’s children.
Opponents argue that the expansion of the SCHIP program would extend it to some middle-income families, and possibly some upper-income families.
My response is so what. Health insurance in this country is a travesty and government has — or at least it should have — a responsibility to do everything it can to ensure that as many people are covered as possible. SCHIP is not a perfect program, but it is a necessary stop gap until we all wake up and realize that a single-payer, national plan is necessary.
Shame on the president for his veto and on those members of the House of Representatives and the Senate who voted to uphold it.
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