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The President's Broken Promise: No Child Left Behind
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Support for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was overwhelming as thousands gathered, joined by their children, outside the White House and Congress to rally for its expansion.
Carolyn Taylor, a working mother from Baltimore said, “He [President Bush] said there would be no child left behind. Well, we're getting left behind unless he continues SCHIP.” This program was created for those that fall 'in between' when it comes to health insurance...they earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to afford private insurance.
Unfortunately, the voices of these families and of its supporters in Congress fell on deaf ears. President Bush ultimately vetoed the bill that would have renewed and expanded SCHIP. Even more alarming, if the veto stands, there will be more children uninsured than before!!
After reading this article, I consider myself lucky to be able to afford private health insurance. I can only imagine the financial and emotional toll this will take on families nationwide. How can we stand for such neglect??!! I think it is time to be out with the old and in with the new.
I am eager to hear your thoughts too, so don't be shy.
Tracey, MS, RD
Nutrition Specialist
"Where there's a will, there's a way"
Labels: children, health care
I to was concerned when I saw the veto, until I saw the details of the plan. We need a better plan. I do not believe 20-25 year olds are children and I don't agree with the straight across the board income. I beleive the income amount needs to vary state to state. I also saw that one idea to pay for it was to increase the tax per gallon of gas from .40 to .90 a gallon. If they do that they will hurt the people they are trying to help! They need to know all the details not just another political tactic.
I agree with Kris. Besides - while I don't mind paying 'some' to assist those less fortunate, the more I end up paying makes ME one of the "less fortunate" !!
Additionally, how many of these are illegal aliens, who are also bleeding our health care system to death? My daughter is waiting for a bed in the one hospital that can do her surgery, but there are so many illegals there - there isn't the space!
Do we just keep 'giving' until we have given the entire country away? How long until 'The People' are no longer able to support the programs the 'government' puts in place? How long before there are more people on 'government assistance' than are off?
HOw can he do this??? Does he not care about the state of our nation? It seems he cares more about helping all of the illegal aliens survive here than he does about helping all of the American citizens who are in trouble and need the assistance. He is just giving it away to others. That is so unnerving. I am one of the people that qualify for the SCHIPS program and now, my kiddos wont have any thing when they get sick. What am I supposed to do now?
We somehow need to tell him we are mad as hell and aren't going to take it anymore, but what can we do?
STOP blaming "illegals". For once in his administration, the so-called president (I did not capitalize it on purpose) MUST take responsibility for his actions, and you should not lay this at any one else's feet but his. This is NOT a program for which one can become eligible if one is "illegal", so do not let your collective ignorance cause any of you to irrationally behave like the KKK and attempt to find a scapegoat. The only "goat" here is BUSH - the service-avoiding, drug-and-alcohol-abusing, illiterate, poorest excuse for a "leader" we've had since Hoover led us into the Depression.
Actually, I am disappointed in this entire subject. I was hoping this was one place I could go and not be subjected to the political bashing that engulfs all other forums I see. Yes, these issues involve all of us, but I did not sign up for eDiets to voice my political views or listen to others. I was a single mother for 16 years, I raised 4 daughters on a poverty income with no government assistence and little or no child support. They are now all either college grads or in college, paying for themselves, so I am as much or more aware of issues plaguing our children as anyone. However, there are places to voice these issues and I don't believe this is one.
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