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Include a Family Planning Provision in the Next Health Act

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deadline: January 28, 2010
signature goal: 20,000

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Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Care2

An important family planning provision disappeared from the economic stimulus package just before it passed the House. President Obama requested its removal because, according to his spokesperson, "while he believed the policy of increased funding for family planning was the right one, that he didn't believe this bill was the vehicle to make that happen."

The provision would have deemed that states no longer need to get waivers to cover family planning on Medicaid - a provision that would have eliminated government red tape and expanded basic health care coverage to millions of women. As more and more women lose their jobs, such provisions are critical for Americans.

The stimulus package may not be the right vehicle, but we need to make this provision law soon! Urge your senators and representative to include this family planning provision in the next health care act that comes before them.

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Hi -

An important family planning provision disappeared from the economic stimulus package just before it passed the House last week.

The provision would have deemed that states no longer need to get waivers to cover family planning on Medicaid - a provision that would have eliminated government red tape and expanded basic health care coverage to millions of women. As more and more women lose their jobs, such provisions are critical for Americans.

We must keep the pressure on our representatives to ensure the family planning provision is at the forefront of their minds--and the best way to do that is to flood their offices with letters supporting it.

Please join me in signing this petition to urge Congress to include the family planning provision in the very next health-related act they pass: 
http://go.care2.com/19473460

Congressional Budget Office estimates from a similar provision introduced in 2007 found that eliminating the waiver requirement would save $200 million over five years by stopping unwanted pregnancies and enabling better prenatal care, which can prevent more expensive problems later in the child's life.

Please sign the petition to give American women access to family planning services: 
http://go.care2.com/19473460

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