Thread: The President's Veto Has Huge Impact On Valley Families

Your tax dollars paying for the medical bills of anchor babies.

The President's Veto Has Huge Impact On Valley Families
KFSN By Dale Yurong

10/03/2007 - California is one of eight states suing the Bush administration, claiming the Bush proposal means 800 California kids will lose their insurance every day.

Local pastors made several trips to Washington DC to lobby for passage of the bill. Now they worry about what will happen to thousands of uninsured children in the valley.

Thousands of valley families find themselves stuck in middle. They earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private coverage.

The healthy families program helps fill a void. But it's part of the coverage plan that would be eliminated. Pastor Marcia Brennan, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, says "I've heard more often than not, when their child is sick they just don't go in or they try home remedies. They just really do not have any viable alternatives."

Fresno Pastors Bill Knezovich and Marcia Brennan made several trips to Washington DC to lobby for continued funding of the children's insurance program which affects half of their congregation.

Pastor Knezovich, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, says "When I have to look at children's faces, their parent's faces and know that they're covered right now but potentially they won't be it almost brings tears to my eyes."

Knezovich says he will continue to fight and hopes some kind of a compromise can be reached. Brennan says the health of children depend on it. "Here in the valley we could lose coverage for about 53,000 children," says Brennan.

Governor Schwarzenegger also issued a statement on the President's veto saying the legislation "Would have ensured that children who deserve it most have a healthy start in life."

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What about the Democrats who all voted to delay revoting on this bill by 2 weeks so they can play games?

What about the fact that there is no provision in the bill to prove citizenship before collecting on the insurance?

Kill the Bill!! Hang tough Republicans ... Americans do not want this ... we want illegal aliens out of there so Americans can get their jobs back and then they can purchase their own insurance for their kids.

Also we do have poor familes out there that are American's that need this coverage. We are damned here if we do or we don't aren't we? If we say no then the american citizen children suffer and we do then we don't have to pay for the illegal ones.

I agree.........Kill the bill. As far as I understand it was to have included illegals.

In NJ legal immigrants get coverage. so do refugees. Even illegal aliens who's deportation has been put on hold. household Income limits just over $108,000 for 7 children. verification of legal status is in question. Originally for kids but also covers adults with children at low income level. Bush is right. 35 billion extra is too much. he proposes 5 billion.

Originally Posted by tubby

In NJ legal immigrants get coverage. so do refugees. Even illegal aliens who's deportation has been put on hold. household Income limits just over $108,000 for 7 children. verification of legal status is in question. Originally for kids but also covers adults with children at low income level. Bush is right. 35 billion extra is too much. he proposes 5 billion.

ok, if you can't afford health insurance for your 2 kids, why have 4?
If you can't afford health insurance for your 4 kids why have 6?
Why in the world would we want to give medical insurance to some dimwit who can't keep her legs closed with 7 kids. Citizen or not, don't have more kids than you can afford to have, period.

ok, if you can't afford health insurance for your 2 kids, why have 4?
If you can't afford health insurance for your 4 kids why have 6?
Why in the world would we want to give medical insurance to some dimwit who can't keep her legs closed with 7 kids. Citizen or not, don't have more kids than you can afford to have, period.

Not only do these people come here with their hands out, they also keep breeding in order to get MORE benefits!! Note to illegals: Use birth control until we send you back to ole Mexico!