TAKE ACTION: New Threats to sCHIP!!!

[Russell Buhr]

A message from the Jack Rutledge Fellow, AMSA's universal healthcare coordinator, follows below:

Russell Buhr, MS2

AMSA Chapter Co-President

Keck School of Medicine of USC

bu...@usc.edu

626.327.3186

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" -- MLK, Jr.

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Hey AMSA!!!!!

Here is a brand new threat from the White House against sCHIP.  Please take action today!!!  http://www.capwiz.com/ams/issues/alert/?alertid=10217361

Information from Families USA:

Before it left town, Congress voted to renew the program and provide health coverage for millions of children who would otherwise go without it.

Unbelievably, and to the surprise of some leading Republicans in the Senate, the President pledged to veto the bipartisan plan to provide health care for America's children.

Most people thought the veto threat was bad enough.  But late in the day on Friday, the President made it even worse.  The Administration decreed brand new restrictions to clamp down even further and cut more children from SCHIP.

Over the years, the SCHIP program has allowed states to design a system that works best for the children in their state. The President wants to change that.  His new restrictions will force states to cut children from moderate income families who currently depend on SCHIP for their health care. This move will add children to the ranks of the uninsured.

Congress must rise in opposition to this plan.

Please send a message to the President and your members of Congress telling them threats to children's health will not stand!

President Bush and his allies in Congress must get the message: There are some issues that rise above partisan politics.  At the top of that list is health care for our children. 

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Flávio Casoy
 
Jack Rutledge Fellow for Universal Health Care and
Eliminating Health Disparities

American Medical Student Association
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"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane" -MLK jr. 
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