http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/against_schip_bill Comments for "Against SCHIP bill" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/against_schip_bill <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"> <p>Three Democrats from North Carolina were among just 10 in their party voting in Congress late Wednesday against an expansion of a state-run Children&#39;s Health Insurance Program that could affect tens of thousands of uninsured children in the state.</p><p>Reps. <a href="/dome/profiles/heath_shuler">Heath Shuler</a> of Waynesville, <a href="/dome/profiles/bob_etheridge">Bob Etheridge</a> of Lillington and <a href="/dome/profiles/mike_mcintyre">Mike McIntyre</a> of Lumberton, the state’s most conservative Democrats, all voted against the bill, Barb Barrett reports.<br /> </p><p>Shuler opposed the cuts the program would make to Medicare, especially for services in hospitals and long-term care facilities, and a requirement that senior citizens perform their own maintenance on home-oxygen machines.</p><p>Etheridge opposed a tobacco tax increase that would come with the program.</p><p>More after the jump.</p> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-readmore"> <a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/against_schip_bill"><img src="http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/8830.newsobserver-drupal-projects.apps.prod.nandomedia.com/themes/nao/images/dome_read_more.gif" width="74" height="23" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/against_schip_bill#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/against_schip_bill#comment Bob Etheridge Children&#039;s Health Insurance Program Heath Shuler Medicare Mike McIntyre Under the Dome Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:01:04 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 1709 at http://projects.newsobserver.com