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GoogleFor the next two weeks, we have to pull out all the stops for the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- we need to get a 2/3 majority vote in the House and Senate to override the president's veto. Your letters and stories are an essential piece of this work! Send your personal story about children's health care to Congress here (don't worry, if you don't have a personal story about children's health care, you can still submit a letter - it is written and ready to go! All you have to do is hit "send"): http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1768/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=14806
Share your story on this blog, too! Your story may be the one that inspires others to action, or just lets someone know that they aren't alone in the fight to get health coverage for their children. Just go to "Post new comment" below and type in the text box. Don't forget to hit the "post" button!
And, if you'd like us to keep your story on file to share in the future with other MomsRising members, leaders, and possibly even the media, click here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/momsrising/questionnaire.jsp?questionnaire_KEY=385
The facts about children's health in this country show the tremendous need for health care for all children, but without understanding the real lives of every day people in this country, the facts can be easy to ignore. Tell the truth to Congress by sharing your experience of children's health care, or share why you care so much about children's health.
We can do it - let's make sure Congress overrides the president's veto of children's health care!
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Michael Moore says S-CHIP is a fascist bill
Per Michael Moore the S-CHIP bill is really no better than the Medicare bill he talked about in Sicko http://youtube.com/watch?v=eEGn5mYyXmE
You're only taxing smokers so you're relying on them to smoke and your not cutting out the insurance companies as middle man so they will be raking in the cash on this bill if it ever passes. It would make more sense to give doctors tax breaks for only charging $35 for an office visit, and give people a tax break to use clinics.
There are actually clinics out there who are starting to do this, for the uninsured.
Watch out for candidates who have received the most money from the health industry lobby http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/sickos-for-sale/candidates/
Why is our nation the only one...?
Did you know that the U.S. is the ONLY industrialized nation in the world that does not offer a national helath insurance plan?
Children need health insurance. I'm a college student, working on my master's in social work, and my children are on Medicaid. Why? I'm not lazy, I just can't afford to pay $97 per child per month for Blue Cross/Blue Shield. I can't work a full-time job; I'm pregnant again (not by choice; my IUD failed), a full-time college student,and have a 20 hour a week work study job. Next semester I'll be having my practicum, which is about 35 hours a week, unpaid, plus being in the last half of my pregnancy plus class plus my work study. I don't know how I'll make it.
Medicaid was necessary for my daughter; she was born with a heart defect,a nd the trips to the cardiologist would have been way too expensive. She never had to have surgery, the hole closed on its own, but without MOCHIP she would never have been able to go to the doctor.
Fae it; our senators and congress people are from wealthy backgrounds; they don't have to worry about the cost of insurance. They don't care about the needy. But next year is an election year; they don't want to face their constituents if this doesn't pass. Something will have to happen.
God Bless You!!
All children deserve equal opportunities in life including healthcare, I don't disagree with it but I believe it's the parents responsiblity to provide their children with healthcare by buying them healh insurance instead of raising taxes or making other pay for it..
Hopefully, I will be able to maintain a child if God provides me with one or find a responsible man...:)
Sincerely,
Waleska C. Cardona
Yes!
Thank you. Health care is affordable. To think that it's not is foolish.
And just how many kids do
And just how many kids do have? How much money does your husband make?
I am a single mom and have been to college, pay taxes and my health insurance is still too much.Ha
Healthcare
I work for a Community Health Center and we see the real need for affordable healthcare for all not just children. Facilities like ours can only help so many, there are far too many people out there that don't have healthcare. Children are our future, if we don't take care of them where will we be tomorrow.
PLEASE SUPPORT HEALTHCARE FOR ALL!!
childcare for all kids.
if all children,including orfans over 18yrs,received
medical care without question,businesses would not need to provide the coverage to families.Tax this saving and we set up a state federal social health system for the young.The insurance companies are compling lists of our children and meassuring their accountability for their futures. If we fail this time
to pursade, we must keep arguing new points. Medical
privacy is an issue our young need us to address soon,before they are classified further for their insurability. Ana Bikic
Children's Health Insurance In Washington State
Our state has a health care program for children called "Healthy Options". It provides for all children in the state who are needy and within the financial guidelines. I am very happy to say that my children have been covered for several years even though I am a working mom. My employer does not offer health insurance for their employees (argh!) Adults in our state can also apply for "Basic Health" and it can cost as little as $20.00 per month. I hope more states model their health programs for needy children as well as adults like our state has.
Proud Washingtonian
Health Insurance
Although I'm one of the "lucky" ones that can afford health insurance, it's not very good coverage and I constantly worry that one of us will get sick and accrue large medical bills. Earlier this year, I realized that I hadn't had the yearly pelvic exam and pap smear since my son had been born 2 years ago. I wasn't going to make an appointment for fear of the expense, even with insurance, but my mother convinced me to go. During the exam, the doctor discovered a lump in my breast and insisted I have a mammogram and pap smear. Luckily, the lump turned out to be nothing but my out-of-pocket cost for the pelvic exam/pap smear and the mammogram/ultrasound ended up totaling over $500, despite the fact that I pay $150/month in premiums! It makes me sick to think that I have to pay so much money when there was nothing wrong with me after all. And that's just for me. When my son is sick, I have weigh in my mind how sick he really is -is he sick enough to go to the doctor or is it something we can get through without a doctor's visit and prescription medicine? And when we do go to the doctor's office, I have to determine which of the prescriptions are really necessary - antibiotics, for example - and which are superfluous - anything that only relieves symptoms but doesn't cure them, for example. I shouldn't have to do that!
My daughter is covered by SCHIP
When I got pregnant, I was a graduate student and my husband was an intern in community mental health--not a high paying position, despite the hard and important work. I was worried about affording coverage, but luckily we qualified for California's Healthy Families program and it was great. The program covers all preventive and emergency care, including dental and vision. Luckily, she's been very healthy and we've just used the preventive care, but I felt so relieved to know she'd be covered if any thing more serious happenend. Now my husband is licensed and makes more money and I'm working part time while I finish my dissertation, but unfortunately we make just a bit too much to qualify for SCHIP anymore. So, we have to pay a hefty premium every month for her coverage that we can barely afford--it's very stressful.
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