Governor Fletcher announced his 2008 "health care agenda" yesterday. About the only sensible thing in it is this:

ICARE 4 Kids – Seek federal approval for a new program, ICARE 4 Kids, to support moderate income Kentucky families and their employers by making private health insurance more affordable. The ICARE 4 Kids program would provide premium assistance to families and employers through an expansion of the Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program (KCHIP). Plans also include continuing to increase access to important preventive dental care for Kentucky children.

One problem, though: this sounds like an expansion of KCHIP under the waiver process provided in the current system. The waiver process that President Bush basically unilaterally eliminated two weeks ago, and which Senator McConnell thinks is irresponsible. The President's budget request for SCHIP (which funds KCHIP) doesn't provide enough resources to maintain current enrollment, much less expand it to "moderate income" families. Senator McConnell strongly supports President Bush's meager funding request.

This is something that needs to be reported on in the major papers. Does Governor Fletcher disagree with Senator McConnell's position on SCHIP?