http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/09/blog-hhs-secretary-blogs-on-schip-presidents-veto/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blog-hhs-secretary-blogs-on-schip-presidents-veto The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Thu, 24 May 2012 07:58:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/09/blog-hhs-secretary-blogs-on-schip-presidents-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-9596 Ken Terry Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:04:42 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/09/blog-hhs-secretary-blogs-on-schip-presidents-veto/#comment-9596 As Hillary Clinton said in her reply to President Bush when he threatened to veto the SCHIP bill, plenty of middle-class people making three times the poverty level for a family of four (about $60,000) cannot afford insurance for their children or themselves unless their employer pays for most of it. So if SCHIP can't cover their children--mostly through private health plans--those kids are just out luck. What the Bush Administration can't seem to understand is that insurance is no longer affordable for much of the middle class. The President's proposals to make it more affordable, including tax deductions for buying insurance, won't change that equation. As Hillary Clinton said in her reply to President Bush when he threatened to veto the SCHIP bill, plenty of middle-class people making three times the poverty level for a family of four (about $60,000) cannot afford insurance for their children or themselves unless their employer pays for most of it. So if SCHIP can’t cover their children–mostly through private health plans–those kids are just out luck. What the Bush Administration can’t seem to understand is that insurance is no longer affordable for much of the middle class. The President’s proposals to make it more affordable, including tax deductions for buying insurance, won’t change that equation.

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/09/blog-hhs-secretary-blogs-on-schip-presidents-veto/comment-page-1/#comment-9571 Health » BLOG: HHS Secretary Blogs On SCHIP, President’s Veto Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/10/09/blog-hhs-secretary-blogs-on-schip-presidents-veto/#comment-9571 [...] Iris wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSecretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt has recently launched a blog. Today he offers the administration’s view on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization bill, which President Bush recently … [...] [...] Iris wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSecretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt has recently launched a blog. Today he offers the administration’s view on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization bill, which President Bush recently … [...]

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