Margie Said:

What happens to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S.C.H.I.P.) while the bill is being vetoed?

We Answered:

The Senate bill is safe, recently passed with a bipartisan vote of 68-31, this majority was more than enough to overcome the veto repeatedly threatened by Mr. Bush. It's the bill passed by the House that will prove troublesome, it's much more expensive and the vote was much closer than the senate bill, however Congress will likely reconcile both bills into a more passable one.

Since the State administers the health insurance program then there will continue to be some difference between them regarding the criteria.

The bill will pass because it fulfills the promise made by Bush at the Republican National Convention on Sept. 2, 2004.
“America’s children must have a healthy start in life,” Mr. Bush said then. “In a new term, we will lead an aggressive effort to enroll millions of poor children who are eligible but not signed up for the government’s health insurance programs. We will not allow a lack of attention, or information, to stand between these children and the health care they need.”

Loretta Said:

Why are Democrats misleading the public on The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or S-CHIP,?

We Answered:

Let me tell you one thing about SCHIP that most leave out while debating it. This is a program designed to give the power of the program to the states.

If there are states that are enrolling adults and not children I say you take that to the state legislature.

So many republicans campaign on an anti-big government platform and support states rights on most issues. SO the members of congress passed the SCHIP program in 1997 giving individual states the right to control how the handle there own Childrens Insurance Program.

Given the variance of cost of living and income across the country the federal cap on SCHIP has to be set a little high, however each state can set there own cap on the income level one must be able to meet to have a child enrolled in a schip program.

STOP attacking the federal government if you disagree with some of the limitations in the SCHIP program. If you disagree with the way your state is handling the program attack your state legislatures.

Deanna Said:

How to apply for Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program, LACHIP?

We Answered:

Thanks for the information