In Kentucky, 50,000 children eligible for the Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) are not covered.
Resisting dependence of government programs used to be considered a good thing.
Of course their idea of a solution to this "problem" is spending more money pushing people who don't want it to take the government entitlement.
The vetoed bill provides incentives for states to enroll the poorest of the poor, kids who are eligible but not in Medicaid.
Republicans will wind up caving in on this and dramatically expanding SCHIP. This is a shame, because we should be making the case for scrapping the whole thing.