Pretty much anyone with a heart in Arizona is outraged by the proposed cuts that will effect the most vulnerable in our community. There are those in the Arizona Legislature still proposing to address our budget nightmare by cutting Kidscare while they propose tax cuts to corporations at the same time. This came across my inbox on Thursday. Please read, click and sign the petition. We need to look out for all our children.
As part of a joint health care press conference this week, Children’s Action Alliance announced that they were delivering a petition completed by nearly 1,000 residents that calls for the restoration and protection of KidsCare. The petition and names of its many supporters were shared with the Governor and Arizona Legislators as part of Children’s Action Alliance ongoing work to protect KidsCare, an important health insurance coverage for 46,000 children this state.
Children’s Action Alliance is continuing to collect online signatures to this petition to call attention to the opposition to dropping enrollment or all together eliminating the program. This is a community issue, this is an economic development issue and this is a business issue. CHILDREN’S ACTION ALLIANCE: https://secure3.convio.net/voices/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1878
Petition to Protect KidsCare!
Dear Governor Brewer and Legislators,
As an Arizona voter, I urge you to fully fund KidsCare.
KidsCare is an Arizona success story that provides health insurance coverage to 46,000 children. Since it was created in 1998, the rate of Arizona kids with health insurance grew from 74% to 84%. But budget cuts passed in December closed KidsCare to all new applicants. This is resulting in thousands of children being denied the coverage they need to stay healthy, active and ready to learn.
AHCCCS has cut off any new enrollment in KidsCare and expects enrollment to drop to less than 28,000 kids by mid summer. Governor Brewer’s budget plan takes it to the extreme by eliminating KidsCare altogether.
Without this coverage kids won’t get timely medical care, leading to more serious and costly health problems; emergency rooms will fill up because families don’t know where else to go; and more families will be forced into medical debt and bankruptcy, adding to Arizona’s declining real estate market.
Please support this KidsCare that over the past decade has helped hundreds of thousands of children grow up healthy, strong and ready to succeed.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]
[City, State ZIP]
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