Legislators who want to be elected are listening to input from their constituents more than ever. Do not be afraid to call, write, fax, or visit your elected officials to express an opinion, which you have reached after prayerful consideration. And with elections coming up, legislators and the administration are listening. Ten million children are without insurance for 12 months or more within any two year period. The majority of these uninsured children are living in families where both parents are working.
States have two choices when deciding how to provide health insurance.
They can create an entirely new program, or they can expand the current Medicaid program. If they choose to create a new program, once the federal money runs out, they will not receive additional money. Supporters of the measure indicated that the bill will help federal law keep up with developments of technology. The measure contains a variety of other child crime-related provisions and toughens punishments for existing child sex crimes. It has the support of the White House and is expected to pass the Senate with little difficulty.