uninsured children

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Health
Bringing Health Coverage to America's Uninsured Kids
By Juhie Bhatia
HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 45 million Americans lack health insurance, and nearly 20 percent of them are children. These kids are often forced to go without needed medical care, including a pediatrician.

So says the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is preparing to launch its sixth annual Covering Kids & Families Back-to-School campaign. The goal: To inform working families that their children may be eligible for federal and state health coverage programs.

The two-month campaign, set to begin Aug. 2 in Washington D.C., hopes to increase enrollment in government insurance programs and lower the health and financial costs for America's uninsured children. The focus this year will be on black and Hispanic children, who make up the majority of these kids, according to the foundation.

"There are millions of children who are eligible for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, but who are not enrolled. These are uninsured children who are needlessly uninsured," said Sarah Shuptrine, national program director for the foundation's Covering Kids & Families program.

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http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/08/02/hscout526973.html

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1. While our children continue w/o insurance S 114 & HR 1668 sit in committee

Call all the committee members @ 1-877-SOB-U-SOB (the Capitol toll-free number)

(Sign up as a citizen co-sponsor of S 114 @ http://www.johnkerry.com/features/kidsfirst.html)

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S.114 : A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to ensure that every uninsured child in America has health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. (introduced 1/24/2005) Cosponsors (8)

Committees: Senate Finance

Latest Major Action: 1/24/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

Committee members:

Republicans

CHARLES GRASSLEY, IA
ORRIN G. HATCH, UT
TRENT LOTT, MS
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, ME
JON KYL, AZ
CRAIG THOMAS, WY
RICK SANTORUM, PA
BILL FRIST, TN
GORDON SMITH, OR
JIM BUNNING, KY
MIKE CRAPO, ID


Democrats

MAX BAUCUS, MT
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, WV
KENT CONRAD, ND
JAMES M. JEFFORDS, VT
JEFF BINGAMAN, NM
JOHN F. KERRY, MA
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, AR
RON WYDEN, OR
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, NY

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H.R.1668

Title: To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to ensure that every uninsured child in America has health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Waxman, Henry A. (introduced 4/14/2005) Cosponsors (43)

Related Bills: S.114

Latest Major Action: 5/9/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.


Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations
Members and Jurisdiction
109th Congress

Republicans

John Kline - Vice Chairman
John A. Boehner
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
Todd Russell Platts
Patrick J. Tiberi
Joe Wilson
Marilyn N. Musgrave
Kenny Marchant
Bobby Jindal
Charles W. Boustany
Virginia Foxx


Democrats

Robert E. Andrews - Ranking Minority Member
Dale E. Kildee
Donald M. Payne
Carolyn McCarthy
John F. Tierney
David Wu
Rush D. Holt
Betty McCollum
Raúl M. Grijalva
George Miller, ex officio

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3. thanks for that link! n/t

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