In the richest nation in the world it is unacceptable that millions of uninsured families can't afford to provide their children with regular visits to the doctor or dentist. Being uninsured also means more than just not being able to see the doctor. A child's health and development during their first few years has enormous implications for their education, lifetime earnings and health in adulthood!
The reality is health coverage for millions of families in America is just too costly. For millions more, the health coverage they have is inadequate or they have a difficult time keeping the coverage they have.
Clearly, our health care system is broken.
Fortunately, momentum around health care reform is building - our nation has an unprecedented opportunity to make critical changes to our broken health care system. Congress is drafting health care reform legislation right now - that's why it is crucial for you to contact your Members of Congress today to let them know that affordable, comprehensive health coverage for everyone - especially children - is important to you.
We took action on “Ensure Health Coverage for All Children in America”!
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3:50 pm PST, Nov 20,Mel Sinclair, Texas
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11:59 am PST, Nov 9,Lauren Souza, California
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5:22 am PST, Nov 7,Connie Kenny, South Carolina
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9:24 pm PDT, Oct 27,Jessica Jakubanis, New Mexico
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8:04 pm PDT, Oct 23,Kristen Wager, New York
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7:44 am PDT, Oct 22,Nicole Miller, Illinois
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10:11 am PDT, Oct 20,Georgia B. Njagu, North Carolina
I was informed on October 5, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. that I am being laid off from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine where I have worked fulltime for 17 years due to budget cuts in accounting services. I was moved to an accounting position in April, 2009 after working in Students Services for the School of Medicine for 17 years.
I had my meeting with the Staffing Programs Specialist/Compensation & Staffing Programs on Friday, October 16, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. He informed me of my full severance package from the univeristy as a 49 year old female with 17 years of Outstanding and Very Good Performance ratings. He stated that I have 430.47 hours of vacation time (700 hours of sick leave that is LOST if I am not blessed to get back a NC state job) accumulated that UNC-Chapel Hill will pay out in ONE LUMP sum.
After speaking with my accountant I have been informed that this amount will place me in a higher tax bracket and I should decline this ONE LUMP payment for bi-weekly payments like I have been receiving all these years.
After speaking with the UNC-CH School of Medicine Human Resources office. I was told that it was NC STATE policy to pay out in the one LUMP SUM Payment and there was NOTHING they could do about that. I am fully disgusted with this state, not only is the STATE to taking back from dedicated state workers deducting work hours to balance the state budget. I now find out that I am to be treated unfairly by this GREAT STATE of NC by the it's nerve to TAX me for what I have legitimately earned for dedicated service to this state for 17 years. I see no reason why we cannot be paid out this final vacation payments in biweekly payments, which will still be taxed, but will not HURT as much.
The great state of North Carolina has already affected the healthcare coverage for me and my child, my life insurance and my retirement benefits, isn't that enough!
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12:48 pm PDT, Oct 19,KAY HENDERSON, Florida
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11:33 am PDT, Oct 18,Name not displayed, California
Children are our future, as Hilary Clinton said "It takes a village to raise a child" It is a crime that any human in the USA doesn't have medical coverage needless to say children.
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8:36 am PDT, Oct 18,Miriam Rudnick, New York
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1:17 am PDT, Oct 18,Can Atik, Turkey
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10:56 pm PDT, Oct 17,Patricia Fugate, Kentucky
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11:25 am PDT, Oct 17,Tasha Chenoweth, California
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9:04 pm PDT, Oct 15,Debra Marks, Maine
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10:16 pm PDT, Oct 14,Lisa Wilsher, New York
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5:04 pm PDT, Oct 14,Name not displayed, Illinois
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3:02 pm PDT, Oct 14,Kyle S, New Jersey
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11:25 am PDT, Oct 14,Sharon Jonas, New Mexico
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8:20 am PDT, Oct 14,Alisha Migliore, Washington
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10:20 am PDT, Oct 13,Lisa Flint, Washington
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7:07 am PDT, Oct 13,Kathleen Brabender, Wisconsin
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9:52 pm PDT, Oct 10,Frank Baker, New Jersey
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12:30 pm PDT, Oct 10,Winfield Coleman, California
It is unacceptable that we do not insure our children. We can't afford to nickel-and-dime our future.
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10:04 pm PDT, Oct 9,Donna Wright, California
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7:19 pm PDT, Oct 9,Florence Gray, New Jersey
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3:57 pm PDT, Oct 8,Rachel Baird, South Carolina
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5:01 pm PDT, Oct 7,Jonathan Bosco, Pennsylvania
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8:44 am PDT, Oct 7,Cara Kozak, Pennsylvania
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1:29 am PDT, Oct 7,Vanessa Beyers, Oregon
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7:49 pm PDT, Oct 6,Cherish Lymn, South Carolina
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12:48 pm PDT, Oct 6,Claudia C. Castillo, Florida
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8:08 am PDT, Oct 6,Brian Kaczmarek, Virginia
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6:57 am PDT, Oct 6,Mary Ellen La Douceur, Michigan
It is the height of absurdity to fund everything but health care in our nation! We can bail out banks and auto firms but insurance lobbyists keep our children at bay. Now medicaide cuts mean even poorest children can not have dental or vision care except in extreme cases!
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1:48 am PDT, Oct 6,Cheryl Steele, Washington
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4:29 pm PDT, Oct 5,Nicole Ray, Texas
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7:47 pm PDT, Oct 4,Joseph Bell, Michigan
To fund this there should be a tax increase for every one- NOT JUST SMOKERS! Children's health care is every one's responsiibility and yet, Congress and Obama chose to fund this on the backs of smokers- This even when Obama said he would not raise taxes on the poor or middle class- Well, he did!- Did Obama tell a tall tale? Yep- He sure did!
I urge youi to repeal this regressive funding on the backs of smokers and enact a general tax increase on every one! Do it for the children!
Better yet- Start smokin and do it for the children because you care!
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7:17 pm PDT, Oct 4,Amylynn Heiser, Illinois
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5:07 pm PDT, Oct 4,Gary McDonald, Texas
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10:10 am PDT, Oct 4,Rachel Nordine, Florida
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8:41 am PDT, Oct 4,Name not displayed, Canada
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12:07 am PDT, Oct 4,Staci Schmidt, Nebraska
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9:07 pm PDT, Oct 3,Natalie Morris, Washington
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7:01 pm PDT, Oct 3,Naomi Pless, New York
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10:53 am PDT, Oct 3,Jamie Meyer, Oregon
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7:58 pm PDT, Oct 2,Vanessa Rodriguez, Venezuela
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7:15 pm PDT, Oct 2,Mark Sousa, California
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5:45 pm PDT, Oct 2,Marlane Barker, Georgia
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4:35 pm PDT, Oct 2,Carol White, Massachusetts
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10:46 am PDT, Oct 2,Alice Bishop, California
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9:15 am PDT, Oct 2,Y Jones, South Carolina
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10:54 pm PDT, Oct 1,Jennifer Rose, New Mexico
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4:12 pm PDT, Oct 1,Teri Ann Hale, Pennsylvania
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11:28 am PDT, Oct 1,Name not displayed, California
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11:25 am PDT, Oct 1,Brian Marino, New Jersey
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6:45 am PDT, Oct 1,Jane Lee, New York
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10:18 pm PDT, Sep 30,Jessica Boettiger, Washington
