[Davis Democrats] Urgent ACTION :Unbelievable VETO of Children's Health-from Howard Dean, MD

[John Chendo]

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From: "Dr. Howard Dean" <democraticparty at democrats.org>
Reply-To: <dnc-003nx00DPU at mailer.democrats.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:00:17 -0500
To: John Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Unbelievable

  
    
   <http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids>
Dear John, This morning, President Bush rejected health care for children.
Now it's time for Democrats to reject President Bush. If we can get 2/3 of
Congress to stand up to President Bush, we can overturn his veto on the
State Children's Health Insurance Program -- a program that provides health
insurance for millions of kids. We need your help to get those votes. We've
set up a simple tool that will allow you to write a letter and send it to
your members of Congress instantly. Send your Senators and Representative a
message telling them to stand up to George Bush:
http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids
<http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids> George Bush made a cold political
calculation this morning. He could have signed this bi-partisan bill into
law, or he could have pandered to conservatives who didn't want to see the
Children's Health Insurance Program get the funding it needs. He decided to
pander -- and millions of kids will suffer for it. What makes this veto
worse is that George Bush will spend billions of dollars in Iraq, some of it
on contractors like Blackwater and Halliburton, while denying millions of
children needed doctors' visits or medicine here at home. On top of that,
all of the Republican candidates for president support his veto. Democrats
are in the majority for a reason. Send a message to your Senators and
Representative and let them know why that is:
http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids
<http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids> This past week, Graeme Frost, a 12
year old from Baltimore, Maryland, delivered this week's Democratic Radio
Address. Graeme is a brave young man. Three years ago, his family was in a
serious car accident. Graeme was in a coma for a week, suffered severe brain
trauma, and had to re-learn how to eat and walk. Graeme is alive today
because of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. As he said last
weekend: 
> "My parents work really hard and always make sure my sister and I have
> everything we need, but the hospital bills were huge. We got the help we
> needed because we had health insurance for us through the CHIP program. "I
> don't know why President Bush wants to stop kids who really need help from
> getting CHIP. All I know is I have some really good doctors. They took great
> care of me when I was sick, and I'm glad I could see them because of the
> Children's Health Program."
Families like the Frosts need your help. You can hear Graeme talk about his
experience and send a message to your Senators and Representative right
here: http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids
<http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids>  As a doctor, I've seen our
country's health care crisis first-hand. I've seen parents that have to wait
for their kids to get dangerously sick before they could take them to a
doctor. I've seen parents struggle over important medical care decisions
because they didn't know how to pay for it. And I've seen parents left in
poverty because they had no other choice. But you don't have to be a doctor
to understand the importance of health insurance for our nation's kids. Just
ask any mother or father whose child has been sick, and they'll all tell you
the same thing: that there's nothing more important to them than making sure
their kids are healthy. As governor of Vermont, 96% of the children in my
state had health insurance. That's the sort of commitment our country needs
-- and the sort of commitment President Bush doesn't have. The American
people elected a Democratic majority last fall to stand up to President
Bush's misguided priorities. Remind your Senators and Representative just
what the American people stand for. http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids
<http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids> Sincerely, Gov. Howard Dean, M.D.

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