Bush: No Deal On Children's Health Plan
President Says He Objects On Philosophical Grounds
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 19, 2007; A03President Bush yesterday rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats on legislation to renew a popular program that provides health coverage to poor children, saying that expanding the program would enlarge the role of the federal government at the expense of private insurance.
In a way, that's all you really need to know about this story. But wait for the next paragraph.
"I support the initial intent of the program," Bush said in an interview with The Washington Post after a factory tour and a discussion on health care with small-business owners in Landover. "My concern is that when you expand eligibility . . . you're really beginning to open up an avenue for people to switch from private insurance to the government."
This creature with the small, squishy soul is worried that children...children who have no health insurance...might have an avenue to switch from the private insurers that do not insure them to the government.
Isn't that special?
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