LWV ACTION ALERT: Healthcare for America's Children

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 League of Women Voters
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This summer the Senate and the House passed bills to reauthorize the State
Children's Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP), which provides health care
coverage to millions of low-income children. This past Friday congressional
leaders announced they had come to a bipartisan, bicameral agreement in a
conference committee. Votes in both the House and Senate are expected this
week so we must take action to encourage Congress to pass SCHIP
reauthorization legislation at the $50 billion funding level NOW!

 <http://capwiz.com/lwv/utr/1/ANVAHQJZLX/DODHHQKLHL/1431151066> Take action
today to help insure America's children!

Over the past ten years, SCHIP has dramatically improved children's access
to health care, and has made great strides in covering children. The program
covers children from low-income families who do not qualify for Medicaid. As
of today, SCHIP is only authorized through September 30, 2007, which is fast
approaching. It is the right time to improve and strengthen SCHIP to further
increase access to affordable, comprehensive, equitable, and quality health
coverage for all of our nation's children. As a direct result of this
program the percentage of low-income children in the United States without
health coverage has fallen by one-third in the past decade even as
employer-based coverage has decreased.

The conference bill will include up to $50 billion over five years to
provide health care for about half of America's nine million uninsured
children. It is important to continue our nation's great progress in
covering more uninsured, low-income children. We hope you will send a
message to your Senators and Representatives to encourage them to pass the
bill at the $50 billion funding level. 

 <http://capwiz.com/lwv/utr/1/ANVAHQJZLX/JAOWHQKLHM/1431151066> Without
SCHIP millions of children whose families cannot afford health care coverage
will go uninsured!

TAKE ACTION

1. Contact your Senators and Representatives now
<http://capwiz.com/lwv/utr/1/ANVAHQJZLX/HFXXHQKLHN/1431151066> , by phone or
by email, and urge them to reauthorize SCHIP.

2. Send this alert to other concerned citizens - your grassroots network,
your friends and coworkers. Encourage them to contact their Senators and
Representatives today! 

BACKGROUND

Learn more <http://capwiz.com/lwv/utr/1/ANVAHQJZLX/IMBDHQKLHO/1431151066>
about what the League has done to support the reauthorization of t
For additional information, please contact LWVUS Grassroots Lobbyist
Christina Vamvas at lobbying at lwv.org.

 


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