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Giving Hillary Credit for SCHIP

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Hillary Clinton, Feb. 23, 1999: At least half of all uninsured children are eligible for federal-state health insurance programs, but too often their parents don't know or don't believe they qualify. As successful, for example, as Medicaid has been, an estimated 4 million eligible children are still not enrolled.

In April that year the first lady gave a speech saying nearly 1 million children had been enrolled during the previous year, but that increasing the figure was "one of the highest priorities" of her husband's administration. She said the president would seek $1 billion to fund a five-year "outreach" effort, with a goal of increasing enrollment to 5 million by 2000.

Our conclusion: Clinton is right on this one.

Republished with permission from factcheck.org .

Sources
Milligan, Susan. "Clinton role in health program disputed." The Boston Globe, 14 March 2008.

Gray, Jerry. "Through Senate Alchemy, Tobacco Is Turned Into Gold for Children's Health." The New York Times, 11 Aug. 1997.

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I think Hillary Clinton has done a wonderful job getting insurance for these children because we are sending aid to other countries when we need help right here in our own country America. Lets help America first before we start handing money to other countries. We also need to provide insurance to Adults here in America that work and have no insurance and can't afford to go to the doctor because of the expense is so high and the medications are so expenses and when they only make $7.00 hr. you can't afford it. I have a sister in Indiana who is severly ill right now and can't go to the doctor and the free clinic won't help her because the told her she makes $11.00 to much on the year. Now I think that is a down right shame for our country to treat our people like that, When I know that you people in the higher government don't care because you make big money and you have insurance and you could care less what happens to our people and whether they get care for or not. But you sure do make sure money get sent to Africa and Iraq etc. Look at our people here that is living in pure hell holes and are starving to death and you know one is out there helping them. I give Hillary credit. Credit needs to be given where Credit is Due. Now lets See about doing something about giving some insurance for the Adults who are at least trying to help themselves and even if they don't have any money . There are alot of people out there in America that our loosing their jobs daily. We need to help our economy Now and Stop helping others at this time. Lets get our country back in shape first.
C. Owens
Riverview, FL

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Posted By: nana01 @ 04/17/2008 12:02:38 PM

I think Hillary Clinton has done a wonderful job getting insurance for these children because we are sending aid to other countries when we need help right here in our own country America. Lets help America first before we start handing money to other countries. We also need to provide insurance to Adults here in America that work and have no insurance and can't afford to go to the doctor because of the expense is so high and the medications are so expenses and when they only make $7.00 hr. you can't afford it. I have a sister in Indiana who is severly ill right now and can't go to the doctor and the free clinic won't help her because the told her she makes $11.00 to much on the year. Now I think that is a down right shame for our country to treat our people like that, When I know that you people in the higher government don't care because you make big money and you have insurance and you could care less what happens to our people and whether they get care for or not. But you sure do make sure money get sent to Africa and Iraq etc. Look at our people here that is living in pure hell holes and are starving to death and you know one is out there helping them. I give Hillary credit. Credit needs to be given where Credit is Due. Now lets See about doing something about giving some insurance for the Adults who are at least trying to help themselves and even if they don't have any money . There are alot of people out there in America that our loosing their jobs daily. We need to help our economy Now and Stop helping others at this time. Lets get our country back in shape first.
C. Owens
Riverview, FL
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Posted By: Boogie22 @ 04/04/2008 2:16:35 PM

In response to Iceman52. Obama won Texas and IL.
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Posted By: SCLucie @ 04/03/2008 12:24:28 AM

RussElba: I thought I was the only one in the country who would say Brooks Jackson was full of baloney or question the source. If Fackcheck.org is an independent, unbiased resource, why in the world are they printing this in Newsweek? Someone needs to be fact-checking FactCheck.org. Hillary Clinton did not bring health care to millions of American children. I really believe that she wished that she had - but she didn't. And I think it says a lot that everyone else involved with the SCHIPS program has had the generosity to give credit to anyone involved - except Hillary Clinton - who mentions no one except herself.