Spot the glaring point in this AP article:

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum led the effort to file the suit that claims Congress doesn’t have the constitutional right to force people to get health coverage. It also says the federal government is violating the Constitution by forcing a mandate on the states without providing resources to pay for it.
“To that I say, ‘Bring it on,’” said White House domestic policy chief Melody Barnes, who cited similar suits filed over Social Security and the Voting Rights Act when those were passed. “If you want to look in the face of a parent whose child now has health care insurance and say we’re repealing that . . . go right ahead.”

Er, except that under SCHIP, every child is already entitled to health-care insurance, provided their parents meet the eligibility requirements. According to this map and chart using American Academy of Pediatrics data, the cutoff income level for a family of four is $33,075 in North Dakota; in New York and New Hampshire it is $88,200. It is $55,125 or more in every state except North Dakota, Nebraska, Idaho, Oregon, and Alaska.

How many New York families making more than $88,200 in annual income don’t have health insurance and can plausibly claim that they can’t afford it without the health-care bill? I’m not saying that’s wealthy; I’m just wondering at what level of income are we as a society willing to say, “No, it’s not fair for you to expect taxpayers to cover the cost of your children’s health care.”

Oh, by the way, under the health-care bill, insurance companies can still refuse new coverage to children because of a pre-existing medical problem. This is why the public prefers that lawmakers actually carefully read the bills they vote upon.