SCHIP Expansion Sunk

CAGW* | December 29, 2007

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) helped stop Congress’ planned expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which would have more than doubled spending on the program from $25 billion to $60 billion over five years and shifted the financial burden for 2.8 million children’s health insurance from the private sector onto taxpayers. CCAGW members sent more than 10,000 letters and e-mails to Congress and President Bush, and this grassroots push proved instrumental in winning and sustaining President Bush’s veto of the SCHIP bill. Read more about the SCHIP expansion.

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