BY: MADAM DLBG
"Prevention is better than curing"... it is better to stop something
bad from happening than it is to deal with it after it has happened.
bad from happening than it is to deal with it after it has happened.
On January 29, the Senate passed and expanded the bill for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The passing of this bill would be a huge first step and victory for President Obama and his Healthcare Initiave our last president, HTSNBN ("he that shall not be named"), vetoed... twice. for improvement of the system. Another statement President Obama would make is that he is definitely about CHANGE and sticking to providing the American people to what he has promised as long as it is capable. This is the same bill that
President Obama and his people seem to understand what it takes to jumpstart this initiative. This was a great opening chess move. For the American people, this is the best cost effective route. prevention is always less expensive than emergency care. If a child that cannot afford treatment is treated at a hospital for emergency and the parents doesn't pay, we as a people eat that cost. So why not offer preventative measures that we do not directly pay for so that we do not have ot pay later? Makes sense...
Key Points of the Bill:
1) Renews and improves SCHIP
2) Coverage roughly covers 11 million children; preserving coverage for a current 7 million and extending to 4 million (eligibility) within SCHIP and medicaid
3) Most cost effective move for taxpayers and children
4) Allows state to provide provisions to include legal immigrant children before waiting the once mandatory 5 year period
5) Fully paid for by an increase in the tobacco tax
President Obama and his people seem to understand what it takes to jumpstart this initiative. This was a great opening chess move. For the American people, this is the best cost effective route. prevention is always less expensive than emergency care. If a child that cannot afford treatment is treated at a hospital for emergency and the parents doesn't pay, we as a people eat that cost. So why not offer preventative measures that we do not directly pay for so that we do not have ot pay later? Makes sense...
Key Points of the Bill:
1) Renews and improves SCHIP
2) Coverage roughly covers 11 million children; preserving coverage for a current 7 million and extending to 4 million (eligibility) within SCHIP and medicaid
3) Most cost effective move for taxpayers and children
4) Allows state to provide provisions to include legal immigrant children before waiting the once mandatory 5 year period
5) Fully paid for by an increase in the tobacco tax
Right now, it's just a bill. Let's hope it becomes more!
To learn more about the information referenced and/or provided in this article, you can click the links through the post or to any of the following:
> H.R. 2 Bipartisan Children's Health Bill Facts (news blaze)
> Senate Passes Health Insurance Bill for Children (washington post)
> Catching up on the Senate Childre's Health insurance Debate (congress matters)
> Republicans Oppose Broader Children's Health Bill (associate press)
> "I'm Just a Bill"...
"I'm just a bill... Yes, I'm only a bill...
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey... To the capital city.
It's a long, long wait... While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law someday... At least I hope and pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill. "
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey... To the capital city.
It's a long, long wait... While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law someday... At least I hope and pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill. "
*sidebar* Was School House Rock not the best learning commercials on Saturday morning EVER! Am I the only one who knows them all and can sing every lyric? Maybe it's because I had educators as parents who bought me only educational toys and videos as a child. Even though School House Rock was before my time, I still love them! They need to be revamped and brought back!
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