I'm back Plenty Of War Money In Bush Budget, Not Enough For Poor Kids' Health

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/5252

Plenty Of War Money In Bush Budget, Not Enough For Poor Kids' Health

There's plenty of money for war in George W. Bush's nearly three trillion dollar federal budget, but not enough for poor kids' health insurance. Jesse Russell reports.

Rhonda Meadows, head of Georgia's Department of Community Health, made the announcement on Thursday that due to the lack of funding from the federal government the state's Peachcare health insurance program for low-income families would be frozen. Meadows said children already enrolled in the program would continue to receive services until all the funding runs out. But the door had to be closed on new applicants. The shortfall comes after President George W. Bush failed to include extra funding for the States Children's Health Insurance Program in his budget. Georgia is only one of fourteen states facing a shortfall. In 2005 the federal health insurance program covered six million children nationwide. Congressional Democrats are pushing to expand the program so it would cover all children without health insurance.

My Loudermill hearing is tomorrow. Wish me luck.

[colbertforpresident]

1. Poor Money?

Are you seri0ous? whay would GW want to give money to the poor? He doesn't profit from giving the poor money!

[whistle]

2. That is the trouble with poor kids in America, no back bone....

....BushCo/neocons are pointing to the young arab suicide bombers and thinking why can't the U.S. young kids sacrifice themselves instead of always waiting for handouts. <no sarcasm intended>

[charlyvi]

3. But...but.....

What good are well fed children if they are all destroyed by evil terrorists!

:sarcasm: