Bush Vetoes Children's Health BillPosted: 11 months ago by marli The measure would provide $60 billion over the next five years, $35 billion more than current spending and $30 billion more than the president proposed. Mr. Bush and his backers argue that the bill would be a step toward federalization of health care, and that it would steer the program away from its core purpose of providing insurance for poor children and toward covering children from middle-class families. Comments: 7 Score: [-] 205 [+].