Posted by
Bert Chapman on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:06:37 PM
The advocates of Hillary style socialist medical care are in a lather over President Bush's veto of the supplemental children's health care (SCHIP) legislation. You would think the sky is about to fall in on the health care of American children if you believed the petulant whimperings of the Dumbocrats. The president's veto is a prudent response to an attempt to make more Americans dependent on the federal government for their health care. Renewing SCHIP under its present guidelines will enable the program to reach truly needy American children. The proposed expansion of SCHIP is just another Democratic attempt to expand an entitlement program beyond what is necessary. It would be to much for the Dumbocrats to actually support measures that would increase the ability of people to acquire more health insurance such as being able to buy such insurance across state lines or expand consumer choice in acquiring health care insurance. Dumbocrat health care wonks such as Hillary and Nancy Pelosi think that individual Americans and their families are intellectually incapable of making such rational decisions and need the intervention and "guidance" of self-appointed governmental health care apparatchiks such as themselves to make critical health care decisions. Fortunately, it looks like there are enough votes in the House to sustain the President's veto of this liberal power grab. Nevertheless, make sure your umbrellas are strong enough to withstand the rhetorical tears the Democrats will ejaculate if this legislation is vetoed.