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Democrats Threw Children’s Health Care Under The Bus

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Published by:  The Federalist

By:  David Marcus

After all their talk about its importance, it was Democrats who left a 6-year funding package for the Children’s Health Insurance Program on the table, not Republicans.

In the budget negotiations on Friday Democrats faced two options. The first was to fully fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program for 6 years, keep the government open and keep negotiating on DACA. The second was to not fund CHIP, shut down the government and keep negotiating on DACA. The Democrats chose the greater of two evils. In the hope of gaining political traction, they shot down funding for a program they have said is crucial.

Just days ago, Democratic spokes-celebrity Jimmy Kimmel was making impassioned pleas to fund CHIP. Think of the children, he said. Well, that’s going to […]

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