Pop quiz: Who Said this?
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.
If you guessed 'Ronald Reagan', you're right (sorry, no prize!). If you guessed any number of other conservatives, you had good reason to do so. Over the last 40 years, conservatives have worked hard to try to convince the American people that, no matter what problem they face, government can do little, if anything, to help. Recent developments in children's health care, however, undermine this notion and clearly show that, when harnessed creatively, government CAN make a difference.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new report last week about the state of uninsured kids in America. The report shows a 20% decrease in uninsured children since 1997, thanks to the government-funded State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). So much for government being the problem!
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