Call Wednesday! 1-800-965-4701 toll-free
Tell your Rep. to override the President's Children's Health Insurance veto!
It's easy to call - and really, it will make a difference! Ask for your Representative's office* - Urge him/her to vote to provide health coverage to millions of uninsured children by overriding the veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 976).
Reasons 1 through 10 million: The children whose health care is covered if the President's veto is overridden and the SCHIP bill becomes law. That includes nearly 4 million kids who won't be insured unless the new law passes, as well as the more than 6 million children now covered. (Meet Bethany, one of the million reasons.)
Reason 10,000,001: If the President's veto stands, children now enrolled will start to lose health coverage - both because funds are running out, and because of restrictions the Bush administration has imposed on its own that will force 23 states to reduce eligibility, affecting hundreds of thousands of children. The law passed by Congress would undo these restrictions.
Reason 10,000,002: Take a stand against the misinformation campaign. There's been an orchestrated effort to tell people the law would raise eligibility to $83,000 a year. No. In fact, it newly restricts federal dollars to states choosing to make children eligible in families earning more than 3x the poverty line (about $62,000 for a four-person family). The Administration and its shrinking number of devotees contend that families who can get private coverage won't. But the Congressional Budget Office says no - most would be uninsured. The President's own tax credit plan would provide far less help to people who actually lack coverage. When claims are refuted over and over, continuing to state them isn't just misinformation - it's a lot more like lying. Learn the facts: http://www.chn.org/SCHIPApropsinfo.html
Reason 10,000,003: This is a high profile vote, with paid ads in key districts and lots of press. If your Rep. doesn't hear from constituents, it tells him/her that people might not care that much about how he/she votes. Silence doesn't just prevent children from getting insured now - as bad as that is. It also pushes health coverage lower down on the priority list in the future.
One call to your Rep. Millions of reasons.
*If you don't know your Rep's name: http://www.house.gov/ (enter your zip code, upper left side)
See how your Rep. voted on final passage of the children's health bill: http://chn.org/pdf/2007/SCHIPHousevote.pdf
If your Rep. voted no, or didn't vote, your call is especially important - some of the no votes or absences must be turned around in order to get to two-thirds. We can get there - if you and your neighbors call! Please forward this to everyone you know who cares about children.
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