Republican Opposition Defeated in Battle for Children’s Health Insurance
The Senate has passed the SCHIP bill, despite a considerable amount of opposition from Republican senators. The State Children’s Health Insurance Progrmam bill will help realize health insurance for 11 million children across the nation who are currently uninsured. The passage of this bill is seen as the first step made by Obama to fulfill the promises he made during his campaign to decrease the staggering numbers of uninsured Americans. Florida health insurance expert Morgan Moran was quick to point out that the passage of this bill will not solve the problem, as roughly 5 million young people will remain uninsured despite the millions that this program will cover. What will be the next steps Obama makes to fulfill the need for every American to be insured?
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Not sure what to think about this. The income levels are up to like 84000 per year, these people should be able to afford insurance.
February 6th, 2009 at 5:13 am
I agree with your apprehension on how far Obama will go - even if I do support Obama, I feel that one has to keep a level mind when thinking about everything that is being done by the government right now. The idea of having every American to be insured is not exactly doable within Obama’s first four years (assuming that he will be going for a second term). But let’s just see, his term is just starting. Vigilance, as ever, is the price of freedom.
On the subject of the SCHIP, I think that even though there will still be millions that will not be able to benefit from the expanded SCHIP, many more kids will still benefit from it, and that’s a step in the right direction.