This week Congress will vote on the reauthorization of the SCHIP bill. (State Child Health Insurance Program) SCHIP provides health insurance for low-income children who don't qualify for federal aid. The bill being proposed will only cover roughly 1/3 of children currently uninsured, but it is a step in the right direction.
I am urging you to go to the Children's Defense website at www.childrensdefense.org. There is a link on the homepage that will allow you to send an email to your congress members. (For us Kansans, Senator Sam Brownback will need the most convincing...) The website makes it easy so that all you have to do is fill out your personal information.
As a former teacher, I know how important health insurance is. I had a student last year named Iveth, and Iveth came to me one morning complaining of a tooth ache. I told her there was nothing I could do and sent her to her seat. After lunch, I saw her crying at her desk and when I asked her what was wrong, she pointed to her tooth. When I had her open her mouth and show me her tooth, I saw that her two back molars were completely rotted out. This is not right... and it's not fair...
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I will try to e-mail. It isn't fair. Love, Mom B
Children's Defense Fund sent me an e-mail today inviting me to check out the votes of my representatives. I then wrote to thank Dennis Moore (no surprise) and Pat Roberts. (He even had a video/sound clip on his own website urging President Bush to reconsider his threat to veto.) Then I checked on Sam Brownback. He was absent at the time of the vote. I e-mailed him this afternoon, too. :-)
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