Matter of Opinion

Thu., July 26, 2007

Health care for kids

President Bush isn't enamored with expanding the SCHIPS program. He'd rather give everyone a big tax deduction and have them enter the private market.

Is that a better way to get kids covered? Or just a better way to preserve an ideological principle?

In Our View, SCHIPS looks like the most practical way to do this.

Posted July 26, 2007, 10:36 a.m.

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