Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Obama signs SCHIP bill


One thing I truly respect about President Obama is his tireless dedication and commitment to ALL children...and ALL people.

Last week President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act that will demand equal pay for equal work between men and women. This week he signed the SCHIP, a bill that will continue healthcare for 7 million children, provide healthcare to an additional 4 million children, and lift the ban on states to provide healthcare to legal immigrant children if they choose to do so.

In his speech, he committed to the children:

We are not a nation that leads struggling families to fin for themselves, especially when they’ve done everything right. No child in America should be receiving his or her primary care in an emergency room in the middle of the night. No child should be falling behind at school because he can’t hear the teacher or see the blackboard. I refuse to accept that millions of our children fail to reach their full potential because we fail to meet their basic needs. In a decent society, there are certain obligations that are not subject to tradeoffs or negotiations. And healthcare for our children is one of those obligations.


Despite the tax situations with his chosen leaders, I still say he's setting a good standard that ALL people should be treated equal--poor children and women included.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The benefit of this program should not be discriminatory.. Why discriminate others who are in need.. There's no reason at all.. Despite the increase of tobacco tax, this is still a great step towards good governance by President Obama.. At least tobacco consumers are able to help needy ones even indirectly.. That is more self-satisfying..

Janet Morrison-Lane said...

News Review~
Are you saying that the bill *is* discriminatory against some? Please explain.