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February 06, 2007

Bush says no to PeachCare

icon_baby.gifBush says no to plugging PeachCare gap, by James Salzer, Bill Hendrick for AJC:

President Bush on Monday denied a request for a stopgap budget that would have bailed out health insurance programs for children in Georgia and at least 13 other states.

The president's decision forces the states to appeal to Congress.

"The next step in the process is a legislative one, and we feel confident that Congress will step up to the plate," said Dan McLagan, a spokesman for Gov. Sonny Perdue.

State officials say federal money for PeachCare, which covers about 270,000 children of working-class families who can't afford private insurance, could run out in March. The state pays about $67 million of the program's $330 million annual cost. The rest is supposed to come from the federal government.

On Friday, Democratic leaders asked the president to include a $745 million request for the State Children's Health Insurance Program in his emergency war spending plan for 2007.

Georgia lawmakers may take several weeks off over the next two months while waiting to see if Congress bails out the state's PeachCare program. That could push the 2007 session into April.

Posted by Mel at February 6, 2007 09:48 AM

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so much for not leaving children behind.

Posted by: Tim [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 10:54 AM

Suprise, suprise. Republican responsibility continues. One group looks to the feds to bail them out, the other looks to the states to hide their damage.

Posted by: odinseye2k [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 12:32 PM

Well, under GOP orthodoxy, poor children are that way because their parents are lazy. They are poor because Jesus hates them. So, being lazy and hated by Jesus, they don't need healthcare.

Posted by: jac1975 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 8, 2007 09:52 AM

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