Inoculate Bush's Veto Threat

“I mean, people have access to health care in America,” President Bush said earlier this month. “After all, you just go to an emergency room.”

Tell that to the parents of 9 million uninsured children around this country.

The U.S. Senate is set to vote on a $35 billion increase in funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Such an increase would allow 3.2 million uninsured children—the ones Bush thinks should just head to the nearest emergency room when they get sick—to become eligible for the program.

Click here to tell your senators to make sure Bush can’t veto this critical funding.

While threatening to kill the legislation, Bush has claimed new funding for SCHIP “opens an avenue for people to switch from private insurance to the government.”

He’s wrong. These children aren’t switching from anything—they’re uninsured. To clarify for President Bush: They do not have health insurance.

The Senate Finance Committee just passed the bill with an enthusiastic, bipartisan vote of 17-4. Six of the 10 Republicans on the committee supported the bill.

The 10-year-old program expires Sept. 30. It’s time for the Senate to defy Bush’s veto threat and help ensure millions of low-income children get the health care coverage they desperately need.

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In solidarity,

Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO

Your senators will vote soon on making 3.2 million more uninsured children eligible for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

But Bush’s veto threat stands in the way.

Tell your senators to pass SCHIP funding with a veto-proof majority:


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