06.24.09
75 state reps and 60 organizations agree – expand CHIP
Both write a letter to Gov. Rick Perry asking him to add the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to the agenda when he finally calls the legislature back for a special session.
Read the legislators letter here. (Postcards reports there are four Republicans that signed on).
A Special Session provides a critical opportunity to address the needs of Texas’ 1.5 million uninsured children. We hope you’ll join us in ensuring that seeing to their health need does not remain “unfinished business.”
The organizations letter here.
About 60 organizations from across Texas sent a letter to Gov. Rick Perry today, demanding that he include children’s health insurance on the special legislative agenda, expected to come later this summer.
Time ran out earlier this month on legislation to expand the CHIP program to pick up an additional 80,000 children from low-income families.
“The CHIP bill can pass immediately if you allow legislators to address this top priority of families, business and faith leaders, and the medical community,” the groups wrote in their letter to Perry. “With so many Texas children still unable to see a primary care doctor, it’s critical that you respond to the will of the majority of Texans–as demonstrated by polling data and the thousands of constituent calls recently placed to Texas leaders–and take a step forward to cover more of Texas’ 1.5 million uninsured children.”
It’s an impressive list, click the link above to see the list of 60 organizations that signed on.