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5 Reasons the Baucus Health Bill Fails the Basics

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 18, 2009.

The Baucus health care proposal is a terrible bill. And the Senate's foremost health care expert is having none of it.

Will Capitulation on Health Reform End SCHIP?

BarbinMD, Daily Kos. July 29, 2009.

How many Senators will support a bill that excludes a public option, employer mandates and ends SCHIP?

Will Americans Ever Get Their Health Care Reform -- And Why I Suddenly Feel Very Lucky to Have AIDS

Thomas DeLorenzo, Huffington Post. February 21, 2009.

America, let me welcome you to what those of us with chronic diseases have known all along.

Senate Passes Health Legislation for Low-Income Children (Finally!)

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. January 30, 2009.

SCHIP is being paid for by "raising the cigarette tax from 39 cents a pack to $1."

When Will the GOP Ditch the 'Scapegoat the Immigrants' Playbook?

Frank Sharry, Huffington Post. January 30, 2009.

First it was SCHIP, now it's the Stimulus.

State Health Care Reforms Need National Leadership

Scarecrow, Firedoglake. December 26, 2007.

While California's funding approach remains uncertain, plans in other states are already blocked by opposition to higher taxes.

SCHIP and the Rigged Health Insurance Game

Eric Haas, AlterNet. October 29, 2007.

Health insurance companies are playing us in a lose-lose game, where we are the exploited and the exploiter together.

Sinking SCHIP: A Mother's Letter to Congress

Annabelle Gurwitch, TheNation.com. October 19, 2007.

One woman argues that she is a lazy, degenerate, breast-bearing freeloader, and her child -- not Graeme Frost -- should be ridiculed by the right-wing media over his kidney condition. Seriously.

Beltway Media Either Ignores Or Defends Michelle Malkin's Stalking of a 12-Year-Old

Jane Hamsher, October 18, 2007.

Jane Hamsher: How many times did these same people cover the Petraeus MoveOn Ad?

Bush's "No Child Left Standing"

Will Durst, AlterNet. October 17, 2007.

Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program wasn't "No child left behind" as much as it was "No child left standing."

Who's Afraid of Sick Kids?

Joe Brewer, The Rockridge Institute. October 11, 2007.

A 12-year-old boy with brain damage is challenging the notion that health care is a privilege only the wealthy deserve.

Bush's SCHIP Veto Could Hurt Republicans

Eunice Moscoso, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. October 5, 2007.

Bush's veto of of a children's health insurance measure could further erode Latino support for the GOP.

Could You Explain a Vote Against Children's Health to the Children?

Glenn W. Smith, The Rockridge Institute. September 26, 2007.

If an elected official cannot muster the courage to explain their anti-SCHIP vote to the children themselves, in a public setting we all can witness, then they must vote for the bill.

Republicans Hold Children's Health Care Hostage

Cliff Schecter, September 26, 2007.

Cliff Schecter: I frankly don't think anyone voting against this can call themselves a human being.

Bush Leaves Kids Uninsured to Protect His Ego

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. September 25, 2007.

Perhaps there is nothing that can be done to change the balance of forces within Congress at the moment and, as a result, millions of kids will go without health insurance.

Getting to the Bottom of the SCHIP Debate

Bill Scher, TomPaine.com. September 18, 2007.

Conservatives fear losing the SCHIP debate because if Democrats succeed on health care, they will have a lock on the crucial middle-class vote.

Children Deserve Veterinary Care Too

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. August 11, 2007.

If Bush vetoes the SCHIP bill that would expand state health insurance coverage for children, the fallback demand should be: Open up pet health insurance to all American children now!

Child Health Care Tangled in Anti-abortion Politics

Carole Joffe, AlterNet. August 6, 2007.

Bush's deplorable response to expanding child health care represents more than a fierce opposition to government-provided services.

Proudly Blocking Children's Health Care

Bill Scher, TomPaine.com. July 26, 2007.

The GOP is afraid that good government will undermine their conservative goals, their special interest backers and their own political careers.

Bush Trying to Kill Child Health Care

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. July 26, 2007.

Congress is considering bipartisan legislation that will cover poor children in the U.S. The major obstacle? President Bush is vowing to veto the bill.