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dailykos.com - 1/14/2009

SCHIP Passes The House

— dailykos.com — And not a moment too soon. People are hurting all over. From the NY Times : WASHINGTON... — With enthusiastic support from President-elect Barack Obama, the House on Wednesday passed a bill to expand the Children’s Health Insurance ... (more) SCHIP Passes The House

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onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 1/15/2009

House Tees Up SCHIP Bill For Obama

— onthehillblog.blogspot.com — State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization could be for Barack Obama what family and medical leave... was for Bill Clinton: an early bill waiting for his signature which had been bottled up by a Bush. (more) House Tees Up SCHIP Bill For Obama

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Daily Kos — ... less tax cuts and more stimulus. Roger Cohen: Obama should take note, name an Arab-American and an Iranian-American to prominent roles, and beware of a team that takes him — and the region — back to the future. He said during the campaign that "an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel" can’t be "the measure of our friendship with Israel." Those were words. Now, with Gaza blood flowing, come deeds. E.J. Dionne: The SCHIP bill is unfinished business from the Bush years, and ...

House easily passes S-CHIP
Political Animal — ... , "What happened, guys? Was it Obama's post-partisan outreach that did it for you?" On the flip-side, there were only two Democrats who broke party ranks and voted with the Republicans in opposition to the bill -- Reps. Bobby Bright of Alabama and Jim Marshall of Georgia. Post Script : By the way, E. J. Dionne had a good piece on S-CHIP and its importance in the midst of the economic crisis the other day. Maybe someone should send a copy to Bright and Marshall.— ...

Cannon: Does SCHIP Work?
Articles on National Review Online — ... and columnist E.J. Dionne , claim the program works. [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] Researchers who actually study the program find that SCHIP does help uninsured children find coverage, but at great expense. They find no evidence that SCHIP actually improves health outcomes, or that the program addresses the systemic quality problems that confront even insured children. SCHIP s great expense stems from the fact that in many cases, it simply enrolls children who were already insured privately. Economists Jonathan Gruber and Kosali Simon estimate that out of every ...