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New Report on Children's Health Care
Hello,
I thought thought you'd be interested in a new report that the Campaign for Children's Health Care (of which we're a member) released today. The report is called NO SHELTER FROM THE STORM: AMERICA'S UNINSURED CHILDREN, and it lays out in stark detail the magnitude of the crisis of uninsured children in America. VIEW THE REPORT HERE http://www.childrenshealthcampaign.o...rce=gg_nursing Among the findings: * There were more than 9 MILLION UNINSURED CHILDREN IN AMERICA, ages 0-18--in other words, ONE OUT OF EVERY NINE CHILDREN is uninsured. * The five states with the largest number of uninsured children are CALIFORNIA (1,368,999), TEXAS (1,366,638), FLORIDA (718,603), NEW YORK (441,434), and ILLINOIS (376,332). * The five states with the highest rates of uninsured children are TEXAS (20.4%), FLORIDA (17.0%), NEW MEXICO (16.7%), NEVADA (16.4%), and MONTANA (16.2%) * The majority of uninsured children--88.3%--come from families where AT LEAST ONE PARENT WORKS. * Hispanic and black, non-Hispanic children are DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED AMONG THE RANKS OF THE UNINSURED. More than 22% of Hispanic children and about 13% of black, non-Hispanic children are uninsured, compared to 7.5% of white, non-Hispanic children. * More than half of all uninsured children live in two-parent families. * In more than half of all two-parent families with uninsured children, both parents work. VIEW THE REPORT HERE http://www.childrenshealthcampaign.o...rce=gg_nursing These and other facts included in the report lay out in stark detail the magnitude of the crisis we face. I hope you'll read (or at least skim!) the report so that, when the time comes to take the fight to Capitol Hill, you'll be armed with the facts to make the case for bold action. Luis Hestres eAdvocacy Coordinator Campaign for Children's Health Care PS--if you haven't already, remember to sign the petition! http://ga3.org/campaign/petition_main?source=gg_nursing |
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