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More Than Five Million Children in Danger of Losing Access to Health Care Insurance
January 18, 2011Children's Health Fund (CHF) today urged lawmakers to vote against the repeal of health care reform legislation, which would jeopardize the long-term health of millions of children across the nation. CHF estimates that more than 5 million children would lose the promise of insurance coverage under the new health care policy, if a full repeal is successful. In addition, repeal would end the promise of new health care access for the nearly 7 million children expected to benefit from expanded funding of community health centers, as well as for the 1.2 million young adults who are currently able to remain covered on their parents' health plans. "This unconscionable proposal to repeal the health care bill could not be worse news for children who desperately need access to health care," said CHF Co-founder and President Irwin Redlener, M.D. Full release
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