Posted on 02/13/2015 2:23:10 AM PST by Libloather
Hillary Clinton is pushing for Congress to reauthorize the federal government's child healthcare program, lending her support to congressional Democrats looking to keep the program around.
"[D]espite strong bipartisan support, we are concerned that gridlock in Washington and unrelated disputes over the Affordable Care Act could prevent an extension of the program," Clinton and former GOP Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (Tenn.) wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times on Thursday.
"As parents, grandparents and former legislators, we believe that partisan politics should never stand between our kids and quality health care," the pair added.
Clinton, the presumed 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner, is calling on Congress to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program's (CHIP) funding for the next four years, labeling the approximately $10 billion expense "an investment in our children that will pay off for decades to come."
Senate Democrats have launched their own push to reauthorize the program, signing on as co-sponsors of a bill that would extend funding through 2019. Currently, the program's funding runs out at the end of September. A companion bill was also introduced in the House on Thursday.
The program, which has been around for the better part of two decades, covers about 10 million children. Some Republicans have cast CHIP as duplicative given benefits under ObamaCare, and say additional subsidies and eligibility under Medicaid make the program as unnecessary.
"If CHIP is not reauthorized, more families will be hit with higher costs. As many as two million children could lose coverage altogether. Millions more will have fewer health care benefits and much higher out-of-pocket costs, threatening access to needed health services," Clinton and Frist wrote.
"And because families without adequate insurance often miss out on preventive care and instead receive more expensive treatment in hospital emergency rooms, all of us will be likely to end up paying part of the bill," they added.
The op-ed also marks the second time in as many weeks that Clinton has jumped into a healthcare debate. Last week she tweeted that "#vaccineswork" after two possible 2016 Republican contenders, Gov. Chris Christie (N.J.) and Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) suggested that parents should have some choice on whether to immunize their children.
Being a grandmother allows her to appreciate what she has, barf
Apparently from her padded room at the looney bin it seems.
“Just forget all about ACA and what we said about THE CHILDREN being covered now. Forget that we said all that stuff. ACA doesn’t work, but we can’t tell you that - just gloss over and away from it. We still need that CHIP, because that’s how I’m going to get elected.”
Wait a second - just how long does it take to recover from plastic surgery? Effin’ Kerry should know.
My guess is several months. She’s not getting a standard Earl Scheib Nip’N’Tuck. She’s gone for the whole magilla. There’s about 100 lbs of ugly fat, wrinkles that would make a prune green, and so on. A whole body rebuild.
Plastic surgery?
Rehab??
Hiding fro Epstein Rape Island questions?
I thought I was smoking cigars for CHIP.
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