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We Need to Be Talking About Funding for CHIP (Original Post) dlk Oct 2017 OP
K&R... spanone Oct 2017 #1
Because the only ones who care are the parents of 9 million kids leftofcool Oct 2017 #2
Exactly right MaryMagdaline Oct 2017 #5
Safety net for children MaryMagdaline Oct 2017 #3
Congress has already taken steps to fund it. Needs to finalized, but it will be. Hoyt Oct 2017 #4

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
2. Because the only ones who care are the parents of 9 million kids
Sun Oct 15, 2017, 07:49 PM
Oct 2017

The only Democrats out speaking on this are Nancy Pelosi and DiFi. But, they are old Democrats or so I heard right here.

MaryMagdaline

(6,849 posts)
5. Exactly right
Sun Oct 15, 2017, 08:05 PM
Oct 2017

Seems old libs have bored the young ones with our petty concerns about children's health. Some people I work with are too young to know that Medicaid was not always there throughout one's childhood and that the Feds supplement the states to provide coverage through CHIPS.

MaryMagdaline

(6,849 posts)
3. Safety net for children
Sun Oct 15, 2017, 08:01 PM
Oct 2017

We should be running ads during the View, The Voice, all popular women's programs, asking viewers to call their Congressmen to reinstate CHIPS. We need groundswell of activism to get this back. We need testimonials from doctors and nurses demonstrating the financial losses suffered by clinics who treat poor children.

The DNC needs to run issues ads. CHIPS. Number 1, Medicaid 2, ACA premiums 3.

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