SCHIP and Republican pres candidates

[Eric J in MN]

From
http://www.democrats.org/a/2007/09/voters_deserve.php

RUDY GIULIANI…
Giuliani Calls the Children's Health Insurance Program "Socialized Medicine." "t would have the really odd effect of moving children who presently have private insurance to becoming wards of the state, basically having to move in the direction of - and I know the Democrats get all upset when you say this, but they're taking us toward socialized medicine…It is not - it's not really good to move this thing, in terms of more government control health care."

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[Jim__]

1. Why would children move from private health insurance to state health insurance, Rudy?

Is state health insurance actually better?

[WCGreen]

2. These fuck heads don't understand that it will ease costs to

employers who offer health care to low wage earners...

[Eric J in MN]

3. What I found bizarre was the "wards of the state" phrase by Rudy G.

If your kids have govt health insurance, they're "wards of the state"?

If your parents have Medicare, are they "wards of the state"?