Urgent Call To Action: Save The State Children’s Health Insurance Program!

It's time to get politcal. We at goodyblog and Parents magazine are asking all of you (and everyone you all know) to Please Urge Congress to Reauthorize SCHIP Before it Expires on September 30!
It Will Just Take Just 3 Minutes to Help
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is set to expire on September 30.  Congress needs to act now to renew the program.  SCHIP is vital to the health of children in our community and across the nation because it provides health coverage to millions of children from low-income families.
The U.S. House of Representatives is currently scheduled to vote on legislation to reauthorize SCHIP this Tuesday, September 25, and the U.S. Senate will likely vote later that week.  Please take just three minutes of your time to write Congress urge them to pass legislation to reauthorize SCHIP and send it to President Bush before September 30.
To write your members of Congress click here In the box at the top of the page, enter your zip code and click “GO!”  We encourage you to personalize your message – describe why you care about our hospital and why SCHIP matters to children in our community.  Personalized letters make the greatest impression on elected officials. Here's how to find out more about SCHIP.
And if you have a blog, will you please post this or link to us. Then I'll link to everyone who's helping to spread the word. Let's show our government the power of parents.

Comments

[AJ]

The president asks us to spend $195 billion a year on Iraq's civil war, but threatens a veto on kids' health insurance. It's a question of priorities, and family values.

[cooper munroe]

Goody Blog, You rock. Thank you so much for posting this opportunity to speak out! I sent my letters in and will link to your post on The Motherhood. I love taking action, especially on an issue as critical as this one! Thanks so much. Best, Cooper from The Motherhood

[adrienne]

Thanks for the heads up! I'm proud to see that one of my senators (Evan Bayh) was one of the authors of the renewal legislation.

I've written my letters and emailed my posse. Let's hope some momentum can break this logjam.

And, why, oh why, isn't this stuff leading the news?

[SS]

Yes, let's expand the government's control of health care and drive up the cost of private insurance even more. I encourage you to investigate what this legislation will actually do and not just support it because it's "for the children."

[adrienne]

SS: Sometimes not funding preventative care equates higher end costs for everyone by creating more emergency medical situation that end up being financially devastating (to taxpayers, hospitals, and individuals). If health care were under some realistic controls (as in other developed nations) we might not be facing the wave of bankruptcies that are destabilizing international markets.

Please explain how exactly this legislation increases the cost of private insurance.

As AJ observes, there is far more cost-cutting potential in military budgets- why do we need to cut EXISTING children's programs?

[RookieMom Heather]

I did it. Go mommies!