Support the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP)
Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2007 – United Methodist Women members are asked to act now to ensure health care for the nine million children living without health insurance. Directors of United Methodist Women’s administrative body, Women’s Division, affirmed the moral obligation to provide health insurance to all children in the United States at a recent meeting.
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) was created in 1997 and expired on Sept. 30, 2007. The President vetoed “All Healthy Children Act” (S.1564/H.R.1688) that would authorize states to expand health care coverage of children in families with low-incomes to include nearly four million more children. Women’s Division directors were asked to work with United Methodist Women Conference Mission Teams to call for an override of the President's veto of the compromise bill (S.1564/H.R.1688).
Act now to ensure health care for the nine million children living without health insurance.
Visit the Children's Defense Fund website: www.childrensdefense.org or call 1-800-233-1200 to find out how your representative voted on S.1564/H.R.1688. Contact your representative and tell them you are a member of United Methodist Women. If your representative voted in support of S-CHIP, offer your thanks and urge them to work with their colleagues to override the veto.
If your representative voted against S.1564/H.R.1688, let her/him know you support health care for uninsured children.