ShareThisWe need your help today to protect the nearly one million children at risk of losing their health insurance. Members of the California Budget Conference Committee are currently examining the Governor’s budget proposals and making decisions about what programs to cut. Let these and other legislators know that, while you understand the severity of the budget situation, you are shocked and disappointed that the Governor is playing politics with the lives of children.
TAKE ACTION TODAY!
Using the contact information and talking points below, please call three of the members of the budget conference committee today, and urge them to reject the possibility of having one million children lose their health coverage.
Phone numbers for members of the budget conference committee:
- Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield: 916-319-2040
- Assemblywoman Noreen Evans: 916-319-2007 – Chair
- Assemblyman Kevin de León: 916-319-2045
- Assemblyman Roger Niello: 916-319-2005
- Assemblyman Jim Nielsen: 916-319-2002
- Senator Denise Ducheny: 916- 651-4040
- Senator Bob Dutton: 916- 651-4031
- Senator Mark Leno: 916- 651-4003
- Senator Alan Lowenthal: 916- 651-4027
- Senator Mimi Walters: 916- 651-4033
Talking Points:
• I hope you will reject the Governor’s outrageous proposal to completely eliminate the state’s successful Healthy Families Program and leave nearly one million children without health coverage, including children in your district
• Eliminating or cutting Healthy Families will not only be terrible for our kids, but it will also hurt our economy by giving up federal dollars and forcing children into more costly types of care.
• This will increase costs for businesses and families and devastate the state’s already broken health care system.
• We understand that there are tough choices to make, but to balance the budget they must look at priorities – and there can be few priorities as important at children’s health care.
• We rely on our policymakers to make responsible budget decisions that keep kids safe and use taxpayer dollars wisely – please do the right thing for California’s children and reject the Governor’s proposed cuts to the Healthy Families program.
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