For some time now, healthcare has taken front stage to many other issues political parties are grappling with. Among the healthcare concerns is the need to provide all citizens access to emergency care, without regard to financial standing, or demographics. In an attempt to address the issue, the government has a number of emergency care bills it has passed and others it hopes to pass. These healthcare bills address such issues as a veteran's ability to obtain emergency healthcare in facilities outside of Veteran's hospitals, the extension of income eligibility, and expanding healthcare to cover parents who are without insurance coverage. Some state government agencies are proposing to limit the actions the Department Of Human Services in their respective states may engage in with respect to Medicaid programs without prior approval from their general assemblies.