My name is Jenn, and I'm a 27 year old married and babied chick. In addition to a husband, a seven year old daughter, and a five year old autistic son, I also have four cats, three hermit crabs, two frogs, a few fish, and one snorty little Pug. I work from home doing a variety of writing and even some web design. I love blogging, digital photography and web design.
President Bush on Wednesday vetoed legislation expanding a children’s health insurance program by $35 billion over five years.
Speaking in Pennsylvania, Bush said he vetoed the bill because it was a step toward “federalizing” medicine and inappropriately expanded the program beyond its focus on helping poor children.
“I believe in private medicine, not the federal government running the health care system. I do want Republicans and Democrats to come together to support a bill that focuses on the poorer children,” the president said, adding the government’s policy should be to help people find private insurance
Un-freaking-believable. I think Democratic senator Edward Kennedy summed up my thoughts on this pretty well:
I think that this is probably the most inexplicable veto in the history of the country. It is incomprehensible. It is intolerable. It’s unacceptable
You can read the full article at cnn.com.
You know, ideally I too believe in private medicine. But as long as there is poverty in this country, as long as the low class and working class are struggling to make ends meet, as long as people are living to paycheck to paycheck, private medicine just isn’t happening. It is crucial that we have federalized health care in place, especially for children.
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