A diverse group of national leadership organizations joined together on July 25, 2007, at a Capitol Hill press conference to call for renewal of the State's Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Coordinated by the Catholic Health Association of the United States, nearly 30 organizations were represented, including prominent health care, labor, business, religious, consumer, and child advocacy groups, and think tanks.
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Some of the 535 "SCHIP NOW" bears waiting to be given to each member of Congress as a reminder of our nation's children, and the importance of reauthorizing the State's Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The bears were being distributed on behalf of nearly 30 organizations representing prominent health care, labor, business, religious, consumer, and child advocacy groups, and think tanks. The bears' shirts read "Children need more than bears, they need Health Care. SCHIP NOW!" with an accompanying card that carries the message, "Losing SCHIP Would Be Unbearable."
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Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), was joined by representatives from national leadership organizations at a July 25, 2007, Capitol Hill press conference to call for renewal of the State's Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Coordinated by the CHA, nearly 30 organizations were represented, including prominent health care, labor, business, religious, consumer, and child advocacy groups and think tanks.
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Senate Finance Committee Chair Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) received a "SCHIP Now" bear from Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). The July 25, 2007, presentation was a thank you for his role in advancing the State's Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation. The presentation was part of an initiative to present every member of Congress a teddy bear with a message that losing SCHIP would be unbearable. About 30 organizations representing health care, labor, business, religious, consumer, and child advocacy groups and think tanks came together at a Capitol Hill press conference organized by CHA to call for Congress and the President to do the right thing by reauthorizing the SCHIP program.
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Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) received a "SCHIP Now" bear from Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States. The July 25, 2007, presentation was a thank you for his role in advancing the State's Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation. The presentation was part of an initiative to present every member of Congress a teddy bear with a message that losing SCHIP would be unbearable. About 30 organizations representing health care, labor, business, religious, consumer, and child advocacy groups and think tanks came together at a Capitol Hill press conference organized by CHA to call for Congress and the President to do the right thing by reauthorizing the SCHIP program.
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Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), a member of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, received a "SCHIP Now" bear from Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States. The July 25, 2007, presentation was a part of an initiative to present every member of Congress a teddy bear with a message that losing SCHIP would be unbearable. About 30 organizations representing health care, labor, business, religious, consumer, and child advocacy groups and think tanks came together at a Capitol Hill press conference organized by CHA to call for Congress and the President to do the right thing by reauthorizing the SCHIP program.
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Robert Zarr, MD, MPH, Washington, DC, pediatrician and representative of the American Academy of Pediatrics, at a July 25, 2007, Capitol Hill press conference. At the conference, leaders from a diverse group of national organizations called on Congress to quickly pass legislation reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and urged President Bush to sign it.
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Marina L. Weiss, PhD, senior vice president for public policy and government affairs at the March of Dimes, at a July 25, 2007, Capitol Hill press conference. At the conference, leaders from a diverse group of national organizations called on Congress to quickly pass legislation reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and urged President Bush to sign it.
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John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, at a July 25, 2007, Capitol Hill press conference. At the conference, leaders from a diverse group of national organizations called on Congress to quickly pass legislation reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and urged President Bush to sign it.
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Charles Kolb, president, Committee for Economic Development, and representative of the Better Health Care Together Coalition, at a July 25, 2007, Capitol Hill press conference. At the conference, leaders from a diverse group of national organizations called on Congress to quickly pass legislation reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and urged President Bush to sign it.
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Dennis Rivera, chair of SEIU Healthcare and chair of the Partnership for Quality Care, at a July 25, 2007, Capitol Hill press conference. At the conference, leaders from a diverse group of national organizations called on Congress to quickly pass legislation reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and urged President Bush to sign it.
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Charles N. "Chip" Kahn, president of the Federation of American Hospitals, at a July 25, 2007, Capitol Hill press conference. At the conference, leaders from a diverse group of national organizations called on Congress to quickly pass legislation reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and urged President Bush to sign it.
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Kathleen Stoll, director of health policy for Families USA, at a July 25, 2007, Capitol Hill press conference. At the conference, leaders from a diverse group of national organizations called on Congress to quickly pass legislation reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and urged President Bush to sign it.
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One of the "SCHIP NOW" bears on display at a July 25, 2007, Capitol Hill press conference organized by the Catholic Health Association of the United States. The bears were being distributed on behalf of nearly 30 organizations representing prominent health care, labor, business, religious, consumer, and child advocacy groups, and think tanks supporting reauthorization of the State's Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The bears' shirts read "Children need more than bears, they need Health Care. SCHIP NOW!" with an accompanying card that carries the message, "Losing SCHIP Would Be Unbearable."
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