Every Child Matters

Dear Tom,

The U.S. Senate will soon vote on expanding health coverage for children, but amendments may be offered to deny coverage to legal immigrant children and pregnant women for 5 years.

Please contact your Senators toll-free: 1-800-828-0498* and tell them: Support expanding SCHIP so millions of uninsured children can get health coverage, and remove restrictions delaying coverage for children in need.

Background: The House has passed its bill to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), including an end to the current 5-year waiting period for legal immigrant and new citizen children to receive SCHIP coverage. The Senate Finance Committee also approved SCHIP legislation and also ended the 5-year denial of benefits. The Senate may start debate on SCHIP Monday night, and the final vote is expected some time this week. It is very important that Senators hear that you want all children to be covered.

For more information, read the talking points from our friends at the National Council of La Raza, available for download here (pdf).

Thank you for your help to make children a political priority.



To unsubscribe from receiving these e-mails, click here