Reply #11: SCHIP [View All]

[sandnsea]

Most Democrats plan is to enroll kids in CHIP. There are also plans to provide tax credits to small business private insurance. And there's plans to make the federal health insurance available to anyone who doesn't fall into these other programs, with some subsidies available there too. I agree that it's stupid to continue using health insurance and we'll have to go to single payer some day. But, right now, I think people will be more willing to pay into the regular federal health insurance than to pay for the very iffy benefits of Medicare or Medicaid. To me, it's a matter of which program will Congress and the people be most likely to support.