Thursday, February 15, 2007
As they consider how many billions if any to allocate to health-insurance programs for working-class kids, activist Susan Molina wants members of Congress to know accurately what is at stake: Children like hers. When her husband left her, she had a small number of skills, no high school diploma and two young children. She got a job cleaning apartments, took classes to get her high school diploma and enroll her children, Joseph, now 10, and Bernadette, now 14, in the state's Child Health Plan Plus. The Colorado account of the state and federal health-insurance partnership saw her kids through sprained ankles and infections, until her augmented income meant she was no longer eligible.
The legislation that created CHP+ and its complement programs across the nation are set to expire at the end of this fiscal year. This week, Molina's dual roles as supporter and mom take her to Washington to ask Congress to not only continue the program but enlarge it so more children, including hers, can get health care. Molina, who chairs Denver, based Metro Organizations for People, and other child advocates are excited to expand the federal program, SCHIP, to cover more of the nation's estimated 9 million children without health insurance.
The legislation that created CHP+ and its complement programs across the nation are set to expire at the end of this fiscal year. This week, Molina's dual roles as supporter and mom take her to Washington to ask Congress to not only continue the program but enlarge it so more children, including hers, can get health care. Molina, who chairs Denver, based Metro Organizations for People, and other child advocates are excited to expand the federal program, SCHIP, to cover more of the nation's estimated 9 million children without health insurance.
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