It is frankly disgusting but perhaps not surprising that not one major pwoggie blue blog is even covering this story, the fact the House health bill axes CHIP, the Children's Health Insurance Program. I'm not even talking about giving it major play, the big blogs are fucking disappearing this story. I've just visited Dailykos and TalkingPointsMemo, MYDD (other than mytwo non-front-paged articles (where you can inform yourself further on the issue's complexities)), nothing. Firedoglake, nothing. Found nothing at huffpost's admittedly vast site. Firedoglake's Daily Health Care News – 11/6/09, 11/5/09, nothing. This for a program that was used aggressively in 2007 and 2008 to hammer President Bush for his heartlessness? How soon we 'forget' or change our priorities depending on Democratic Party uber alles?

The only place discussing the House Bill's repeal of CHIP is the Washington Independent, where Mike Lillis has another insightful piece today. It is a reasonably balanced piece, and no one is denying this is a complex issue. But we should discuss the death of CHIP, not silence any discussion. Right? Here's a piece of the article, but you really should read the whole thing:

The $894 billion health reform bill working its way toward a House vote this week would repeal the Children's Health Insurance Program, shifting some low-income kids into Medicaid and others into private plans that would both cost more and guarantee fewer benefits. Which program the youngsters tumble into hinges, not on need, but on the state where they live - a design some advocates call "the lottery of geography."

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