RussP
02-11-2009, 20:35
I received an email from my Congressman, Randy Forbes with this info...Opposed the Senate-passed version of H.R. 2 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR2:/), the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. In today’s uncertain economy, Congress has a responsibility to see that uninsured children from low-income families have access to quality healthcare to help keep them healthy. The reauthorization program contained in H.R. 2 would shift the priority away from uninsured low-income children by making children from families who make up to $63,000 annually in Virginia and adults eligible for the program, and it would fail to set basic citizenship verification standards. This bill would pull resources away from children in most need of healthcare and shift 2.4 million children who are already receiving private coverage to government-run healthcare. The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 passed the House by a vote of 290 – 135. It was signed into law by the President on February 4, 2009.
