Liberals in Congress are moving as quickly as they can to complete work on a health-care bill that looks a lot like HillaryCare, the government-run heath-care plan soundly rejected 14 years ago. The legislation is known as the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and it’s up for renewal this year.
Instead of just renewing the program as it currently exists, big-government liberals want to expand it to include not just kids, but also adults up to the age of 25 and even wealthy families. This bill makes a mockery of the Democrats’ PAYGO rules and imposes a tobacco tax that actually encourages smoking counts on more people to smoke in order to generate revenue.
I could go on, but I’ll refer you to the Heritage Foundation’s SCHIP webpage, which features all the information you need to learn about what looks a lot like the precursor to government-run health care.
If that’s too much information, then watch this video by former Rep. Ernest Istook of Oklahoma. He explains in less than two minutes why it’s a bad idea to expand the welfare state.
UPDATE — 10:12 a.m.: I’m told my my colleague Greg D’Angelo that the House removed language in the bill that would have expanded SCHIP to adults up to the age of 25. It was changed to 21, which still qualifies as an adult in my mind.
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