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Bush vetoes child health insurance plan - President George W. Bush - MSNBC.com

"WASHINGTON - President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.

It was only the fourth veto of Bush's presidency, and one that some Republicans feared could carry steep risks for their party in next year's elections. The Senate approved the bill with enough votes to override the veto, but the margin in the House fell short of the required number."

Such bullshit
It's bad enough we don't have free medical as it is, considering most other countries have taken a step forward and offer it to their citizens; it seems we can't even provide it to our children. I've got a tumor behind my right ear and I woke up this morning bleeding from the inside of my ear and have no health insurance either, my jaws f*cked up too after getting hit with a pool stick across the face. Won't have health for about 8 months...

Lit_Match

This is being covered live on C-SPAN right now.

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Vicki

I heard about this a few days ago, at least Bush saying he was GOING to veto that bill. He really is an ass, proving he doesn't really care about kids.

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Feorge Gorman

That's putting it MILDLY!

I read he didn't go for the bill because it would help pave the way for socialized medicine...something he's TOTALLY against.

He just doesn't get it!

burgxono

I was reading an article put out by some conservative Christian group about these two children used as poster children for health care, and how their family has a house worth $300,000 and how they go to private school. There parents wouldn't get healthcare or something.

So, clearly, the answer is to let children who have no say in this suffer. That is the Christian thing to do, right? Just a few hundred thousand more casualties in the fight against socialism!

OrpheriuM

It's ridiculous the amount of money we spend on military and trying to solve other countries problems and we can't even help the children in our own country that can't afford medical attention get it.and staying in Iraq seems pointless to me at this point I think we have been there long enough if things were going to get better they would have by now I think were just reinforcing the hatred that is over there already If I was running the country I would take all the troops out of all the other countries were in and just say if anybody attacks us again we just nuke them into oblivion i mean honestly what kind of idiot would attack a country knowing that their homeland would than be obliterated it would be like the cold war but at least that was more peaceful than IRAQ

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AsianStonerMan

oh my shit, that pisses me off. my mom is a pretty adamant republican and now i can officially say that bush not only caused the most poverty among americans for a loong time, is a dumbass AT THE LEAST for everything he did and does, but hates children too :P

Trocisp

I'm no fan of Bush (I should rephrase; I think he's a scumbag...), but that being said he didn't cause the poverty. How could he?

tekkenlaw

Why tax smokers? Why not end the war on drugs or the war in Iraq or another colossal waste of tax dollars and use that money? Although that would be a much bigger task so maybe we needed this bill to be passed.

The people who smoke cigarettes are already the poorest and least healthy people in this country, we need to insure everyone in this country, this bill seems like a band aid on a stab wound. Our country needs 100% coverage for everyone, not just kids.

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Trocisp

Smokers are the "poorest and least healthy" for a reason.

They chose to smoke. That's like smoking pot and claiming you're the Poorest and Highest person you know. Duhhh, cigarettes are expensive and are detrimental to your health. It says so right on the package.