More on SCHIP

Lesley Stedman Weidenbener has an article on the SCHIP federal children’s health plan that President Bush has said he will veto. The article reports on a study that indicates Kentucky and Indiana will pay in more money than will be distributed to those states under the program. This is because the two states have very high smoking rates and, Indiana at least, has a modest children’s health care plan. So, Indiana’s smokers will pay in a lot because the program taxes smokers and the state won’t get back as much as the smokers pay in because the State has set up a health care program for children that is relatively limited compared to those set up by other states.