If SCHIP does not get renewed, will it affect you?

Question

"several states say they will have to remove recipients from their rolls if the current funding level continues into next year."

Steny Hoyer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_veto

Answer 1

It will affect me (and all of us!) indirectly. When sick or injured people show up at an emergency room without insurance, the ER is required to treat them anyway, to a point. We are a civilized country--nobody bleeds to death on the steps of the ER.

By making it harder for more people to get access to medical care, we are raising the cost of ERs in treating people who are not insured. This cost, of course, is reflected in the prices they charge those of us who -are- insured.

This is one reason we in the US pay twice as much for healthcare as any other developed country, but get no better care, in some cases worse care. It is also one reason why the price we pay for health insurance has risen 70% just since Bush has been in office (and it was considered a crisis before that!)

Answer 2

Well I don't think even the Democrats would be low enough, to stop funding SCHIP,

Just because Bush will not allow them to expand the program to the upper middle class and to adults.

But then again, SCHIP was a republican program.

So they just might.

Answer 3

No, unless they plan to cut my taxes to no longer fund it.

Answer 4

not really...