Issue Position: Healthcare
Issue Position
Issues: Health and Health Care
The United States is the only nation in the industrialized world that does not have a national health insurance program. We do not need the government running an insurance company. But we should make it possible for citizens to have medical coverage for their children.
It is unthinkable that congressional Republicans and President Bush opposed the SCHIP bill in 2007 which is a federally-funded state program supported by most governors of both parties. The GOP's opposition denied health insurance coverage to an additional 700,000 children. Fort Worth representative Kay Granger voted twice against the bill and once to sustain President Bush's veto. SCHIP stands for State Children's Health Insurance Program.
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