Trojan horse health care
No, this isn't about condoms.
It is, however, about a Trojan-horse attempt to expand government-run health care into the middle class through a back door.
WASHINGTON - Congress approved legislation Thursday that would potentially add 4 million children to a popular health care program, setting up a veto fight that President Bush probably will win but handing Democrats a campaign issue for next year's elections.
The program known as SCHIP was designed to help families that were poor enough that health care insurance was out of reach but made too much money to qualify for Medicaid.
Now, under the guise of "helping the children" the Democrats want to double the size of the program so that families with incomes up to $83,000 are included and qualify adults as old as 24. That doesn't sound like a program geared toward helping "children in poor families", that sounds like a program to bribe a lot of middle class families and young adults into voting for Democrats.
And that is just what it is. And guess who gets to pick up the tab? You. Proponents claim that all the revenue necessary will come from an increase in cigarette taxes. Yeah, right. What is really going to happen is that costs will be two to four times estimates and people who work hard for a living and pay their own way in health care are going to end up paying even more in taxes so that other continue to get a free ride.
Then there is the loophole that lets illegal aliens obtain benefits by using stolen Social Security numbers. Just how many illegal aliens do you want to support?
Talk about "two Americas"! One is getting screwed, all right. It's the America that pays its own way.
It is, however, about a Trojan-horse attempt to expand government-run health care into the middle class through a back door.
WASHINGTON - Congress approved legislation Thursday that would potentially add 4 million children to a popular health care program, setting up a veto fight that President Bush probably will win but handing Democrats a campaign issue for next year's elections.
The program known as SCHIP was designed to help families that were poor enough that health care insurance was out of reach but made too much money to qualify for Medicaid.
Now, under the guise of "helping the children" the Democrats want to double the size of the program so that families with incomes up to $83,000 are included and qualify adults as old as 24. That doesn't sound like a program geared toward helping "children in poor families", that sounds like a program to bribe a lot of middle class families and young adults into voting for Democrats.
And that is just what it is. And guess who gets to pick up the tab? You. Proponents claim that all the revenue necessary will come from an increase in cigarette taxes. Yeah, right. What is really going to happen is that costs will be two to four times estimates and people who work hard for a living and pay their own way in health care are going to end up paying even more in taxes so that other continue to get a free ride.
Then there is the loophole that lets illegal aliens obtain benefits by using stolen Social Security numbers. Just how many illegal aliens do you want to support?
Talk about "two Americas"! One is getting screwed, all right. It's the America that pays its own way.