Democrats Not Pushing Children's Health Insurance

Democrats in the House of Representatives have let down children's health insurance advocates twice now. But the Congressional Democrats say this will not happen ever again.

Democrats in U.S. House of Representatives won't try to push legislation to expand the States' Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) because they know it won't be passed."We are not going to change any votes on the children's health insurance bill. We still don't have enough to override a veto, " said U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel from Illinois.

It is possible that the Democrats or hoping Obama will win president, since he is known to support SCHIP expansion. He has said that he will fight for it to be federally mandated that all children have health insurance.

Republicans think that expanding SCHIP is too expensive as well as a step toward "socialized medicine" which they do not favor. Democrats counteract that Republicans do not wish to insure children. "Those who opposed this bill can face the voters and explain why they believe 10 million kids should not get health coverage," states representative Emanuel.

The SCHIP debate is proving to be a controversial one, and pretty much fully partisan in Washington. This makes for an interesting result to watch for in the 2008 Health Care Campaign.