Peachcare is Georgia's health insurance program for needy children. It's a state implementation of what's called S-CHIP and it was pioneered by former Gov. Zell Miller in the 1990's. Medicaid is available for families that make up to 100% of the poverty line. At that point, Peachcare steps in.

Georgia's program is actually a lot better than many other states. It takes over at 100% and goes all the way up to 235% of the poverty line. For a family of four, that means from about $20,000 in annual income to $47,000, Peachcare is available as an option to do the right thing and insure your children.

Children are inexpensive to insure, and making sure that every Georgia child has access to healthcare helps cut down on doctor visits for all parents, regardless of whether their children are insured by Medicaid, Peachcare or private insurance. So why did Jill Chambers vote to cut the eligibility threshold from 235% to 200%? That's a good question.

Amy Morton of Georgia Women Vote has one take here. The real truth though is that Jill Chambers chose to play politics instead of looking out for the health and welfare of some of Georgia's neediest kids. When Congress deadlocked on new funding for S-CHIP, Speaker Glenn Richardson (someone Jill has said she "trusts totally") used that as an excuse to attempt to boot kids from the rolls. Jill went along with it every step of the way.

Think about that for a second. Georgia is facing a huge budget deficit next year and just about every aspect of our spending is going to be on the chopping block. Jill's already proven that she favors the machete approach with her vote to cut Peachcare instead of a reasoned scalpel approach that makes sure important services like education and healthcare are protected.

Again, don't take our word for it. Feel free to do your own research. Here's a link to House Bill 340 and here's a link to Jill's vote to go along with the hurtful cuts contained within.