Wednesday, January 28, 2009

SCHIP Reauthorization and Expansion

An urgent message from Catholic Charities USA

Catholic social teaching tells us that access to adequate health care is a basic human right, necessary for the development and maintenance of life and for the ability of human beings to realize the fullness of their dignity. Catholic Charities USA has long worked for affordable and accessible health care for all, especially the most vulnerable members of our society, our children. With our long history of serving children and families, we realize now more than ever that strengthening and expanding health care coverage for children must be a top priority. The current economic crisis makes this an especially critical time to increase the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) funding as more and more children lose health care coverage when their parents become unemployed or simply can not afford to pay for coverage.

Click here to take important action on SCHIP. You'll be asked to enter your ZIP Code to send messages to your elected officials.

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