Congressman Eliot Engel said that President Bush condemned millions of American children to a tentative future by vetoing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP). Called Child Health Plus in New York State, it currently covers 400,000 low-income New York children.
The program, passed in both the House and Senate, would have allocated $35 billion for health coverage to 10 million children in need. “This is a disgrace, a shameful disgrace, said Engel, a senior member of the House Health Subcommittee. The legislation is designed to target the lowest-income uninsured children, and is especially beneficial to parents who can’t afford private insurance or qualify for Medicaid.
Bush said the expansion of S-CHIP would cover too many families that could afford health insurance, an assertion that has been strongly rejected by Democrats.
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