2/ about deep poverty and homelessness today, something on which I’m kind of an expert after working in the field for several years, and
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1/ Thread: R/T URGENT #reauthorizeCHIP for 9 million kids: With so much else going on, this slipped past my radar. I was going to write
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3/ then I read that CHIP reauthorization needs to be done by *September 30th, 2017* (that’s tomorrow, y’all) or *9 MILLION KIDS WILL LOSE
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4/ THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE*. Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was signed into law in 1997, in a bipartisan effort spearheaded by
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5/ Ted Kennedy (D) and
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6/ universal health care passed. Since that time, the 10 million children who were uninsured before the bill has been halved, and CHIP is a
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7/ major part of the funding of every public hospital, clinic, and mental health clinic in the country that serves children, a substantial
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8/ part of the economy (yes, including my mental health practice, which has roughly a third of its clients insured because of CHIP). The
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9/ spigot will not be turned off tomorrow for those kids. The states still have varying amounts of cash in reserve for CHIP. But if it isn’t
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10/ reauthorized, and *very, very soon*, this will be a death sentence for thousands of children and a guarantee of lifelong poverty for
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11/ others whose treatable conditions will stop being treated. There is *so much* to do in Congress right now, with
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12/ a solid response and multiple instances of fraud and abuse of power in
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13/ CAN’T WAIT*. For the sake of America’s children, please call, write or fax your representatives in Congress today to light a fire under
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14/ their asses. This one was short and sweet, guys. I have a busy day today, providing mental health needs for kids benefiting from CHIP
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15/ (among others). Call the congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or text “resist” to 50409 to contact your representatives.
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