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re: chicken pox vaccine
Center for Children and Families analysis of President's SCHIP proposal
As you may know, President Bush released his proposed 2009 Federal Budget on
February 4, 2008. Unfortunately, the Administration's budget proposal would
effectively eliminate SCHIP coverage for children above 250 percent of the FPL
and make it very difficult, if not impossible, for states to cover uninsured
children between 200 percent and 250 percent of the federal poverty level. At a
time when the economy is weakening and the number of uninsured children is
growing, this proposal moves in the wrong direction for Ohio's and America's
families.
The Center for Children and Families has released an analysis of the President's
SCHIP proposal within the 2009 budget. Please
click here to read this overview. We will need to work together to maintain
Congress' strong support for SCHIP and ensure that none of these harmful
policies are adopted.
Click to view the
Washington Post Article:
Area Schools Set To Lose Millions Under Medicaid Policy Changes
If the new version is implementedin the summer it
would not include nurses.
We are saving Medicaid so much money by caring for students with special needs
at school. Somehow we need to get this message to the decision-makers.
Perhaps the most
important thing you can do to help promote the legislative process is to
establish a relationship with your local/state and federal representatives RIGHT
NOW, before you need to. This relationship should be ongoing. Establish
relationships now so that when the time comes for ACTION, you are one step ahead
of the game.
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your state legislator? Check out these links:
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Need a specific committee?
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OAN's legislative link for
information about:
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How to write your legislator.
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Your guide to the legislative process
in Ohio.
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Your guide to the legislative process
at the Federal level.
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.....and much more!
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