Congressman Explains Health Insurance

You’re probably aware that Congress and the President are currently locked in a partisan debate regarding the future of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program or SCHIP Health Insurance. This has been one of the uglier fights I’ve seen since I first joined Congress; in large measure because Congress and the President have both lost sight of what is important in this debate: the future of health insurance for needy children.

President Bush vetoed H.R. 976, Health Insurance a bill passed by Congress that reauthorizes and significantly expands the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. End requirements that people enrolling in the program present documentation proving that they are U.S. citizens Health Insurance, opening the door for illegal immigrants to be granted health insurance coverage.

Partisanship has played entirely too large a role in this issue. It’s time that everyone remembers what’s important in this debate Health Insurance: providing health insurance to needy children.These funds are in addition to the states’ roll-over amounts. By guaranteeing current funding levels, and even increasing funding, the program remains secure while the partisan debate continues in Washington Health Insurance.