Inhofe, Coburn Oppose SCHIP Bill
Both of Oklahoma’s senators voted against a bill last night to expand the state children’s health insurance program. The bill passed by a vote of 66-32 and should go to the president’s desk soon.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, a physician, tried to change the bill so Congress would help people buy private insurance policies rather than expanding the Medicaid-based program. Coburn said Medicaid recipients often receive second-class medical care.
“When senators visit with their constituents, they should ask them whether they would want their children in SCHIP or a top tier plan senators provide to their own kids,” Coburn said today.
“Senators should also ask whether parents should have the right to make choices about health care for their kids or whether those choices should be made for them by career politicians and government bureaucrats.
“Sadly, this debate showed once again that Congress, unlike President Barack Obama, is not interested in change but in recycling the same failed Soviet-style health care policies of the past.”
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, said, “I could not lend my support to this legislation because it did not focus its efforts on the low-income children who have no other resource for health insurance and pushes middle income families with access to private insurance into government sponsored health care.”
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“DR. NO” Coburn and I dont care what it is I will vote “NO” if it isn`t a Republican Bill are a disgrace and has been for years. Be sure and vote them in again for they are good for laughs every time they open their mouths.
With the help of these two senators the state is ranked 40th in wages and still is in free fall . They insult everyones intelligence with remarks like “Soviet Style” health care . Since they insist on keeping us poor how do they think we can afford anything but government health programs? These senators are truly out of touch and should have been turned out to pasture in the last election .
Oklahoma has two (2) losers as US Senators. against poor children getting healthcare. Coburn should lose his medical license over that remark. He took an oath to provide healthcare as a doctor, Oklahoma needs an operation to remove two tumors….Inhofe and Coburn.