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Bush Blasts Dems' Expanded Child Health Bill

Posted Sep 20, 07 3:28 PM CDT in US,  Science & Health,  Politics    Editor's Choice

(Newser) – President Bush threatened to veto a children's health insurance bill today, knocking Democrats he said were politicizing the issue by moving too far toward universal health care. The Senate last month passed an expanded "S-chip" program that would cover an additional 4 million children currently uninsured, the New York Times reports. The expanded program would require an additional $35 billion.

Bush said the best approach is to "put more power in the hands of individuals. Instead of expanding the S-Chip beyond its original purpose, we should return it to helping poor children." Congress' bill exceeds Bush's plan by $30 billion over five years. Bipartisan support in the Senate is sufficient to override a veto; not so in the House.

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