The WSJ opinion page outs the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for what is, a Trojan horse for government-run health care:
What began as a hard-cap grant to cover the working poor is evolving into an open-ended entitlement … Instead of debating government-run health care on its merits, Democrats are building it step by step on the sly.
And the Democrats have tricked the states into pulling this lumbering beast through the gate:
The SCHIP funding structure provides incentives for running over budget … A state that exceeds its allotment gets more money from a state that didn’t.
Moreover, lest anyone doubt who is behind this latest health care subterfuge, the editors spell it out:
A bill introduced by Senator Clinton and Representative John Dingell would make all of this worse. [Their] legislation would create incentives for states to expand Schip to the New York level of 400% of poverty.
And you thought SCHIP was about poor children.
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