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In 2007, newly elected majority Democrats made SCHIP expansion a priority. Two times Congress submitted expansion proposals, twice [[President Bush]] gave a veto. Democrats insisted the program move a step towards socialized medicine by increasing those children covered if their families made 350% over the poverty level. The result would be that people with private insurance would move into the government paid for SCHIP. Democrats demonized Republicans for not being for the children. <ref>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1670210,00.html , TIME The Swift-Boating of Graeme Frost, October 10, 2007</ref> Democrats went as far as publicly bringing out 12 year old Graeme Frost as a spokesperson for the program's expansion. Freerepublic.com argued that Graeme's family didn't qualify for the program because he attends private school, lives in a neighborhood with $475,000 homes and the father purchased commercial property for $160,000.

In 2007, newly elected majority Democrats made SCHIP expansion a priority. Two times Congress submitted expansion proposals, twice [[President Bush]] gave a veto. Democrats insisted the program move a step towards socialized medicine by increasing those children covered if their families made 350% over the poverty level. The result would be that people with private insurance would move into the government paid for SCHIP. Democrats demonized Republicans for not being for the children. <ref>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1670210,00.html , TIME The Swift-Boating of Graeme Frost, October 10, 2007</ref> Democrats went as far as publicly bringing out 12 year old Graeme Frost as a spokesperson for the program's expansion. Freerepublic.com argued that Graeme's family didn't qualify for the program because he attends private school, lives in a neighborhood with $475,000 homes and the father purchased commercial property for $160,000.

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