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Get Involved: Help shift the debate for health care reform towards kids! |
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For the next few months the overriding focus in Washington is likely
to be health care reform. Legislation is being debated in several
Congressional committees, and President Obama has called for a bill to
be on his desk before the August recess. However, the topic of children
has not received major coverage so far. At Every Child Matters, we
believe that discussion of this reform must include how children are
going to be covered, and what will change for the millions who are
covered through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance
Program. As the debate continues, we will continue to keep you updated
on how the health reform process relates to children.
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President Obama's Father's Day Message: Dads Need To Step Up |
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It is common for presidents to celebrate strong fatherhood, particularly heading into Father's Day weekend.
But President Obama is purposely giving the matter prominent attention,
knowing that alone might draw the kind of media coverage the topic
otherwise would not get at a time of war, economic crisis and other important news.
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Children's Health Programs Losing the Fight |
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Providers have found themselves doctoring a new
national health crisis: the budget. The exam room is no longer the
battle ground where lives are saved and lost. As Medicaid
reimbursements to providers fall, as much as 40%, the physicians are
finding their greatest battles are fought in state capitol buildings.
Places where children are out of sight, and seemingly out of mind.
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Arizona Cuts Services for Kids and Taxes! What's up with that? |
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Arizona’s kids’ organizations are speaking out
against a budget that would leave 25,000 children and 9,000 parents
without health insurance. Further, it would slash services for kids
with disabilities and shelter for victims of domestic violence and at
the same time cut taxes by $250 million! Timothy Schmaltz with the
Protecting Arizona’s Families Coalition rightly asks, "’Where is the
compassion in that in the middle of a recession?’" The Children’s
Action Alliance’s Dana Naimark calls upon the legislature to “go back
to work and use brain power, compassion and courage to pass a ‘fair’
budget.” To read the article, click here.
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Washington focuses on Health Care Reform |
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The current overriding focus in Washington is health
reform. Legislation is being debated in committee and President Obama has
called for a bill to be on his desk before the August recess. Every Child
Matters will continue to update you on the health reform legislative process,
particularly as it relates to children, but to begin with, here are a couple of
websites to serve as a primer on what is an extremely complicated subject.
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