Children Will Suffer Without SCHIP

Tobi Drabcyk, who lives with her husband and four children in Walkersville, Md., said she would not be able to afford health care for her children unless they were covered by SCHIP, as reported by ABC News.

"We are a family of six," she said. "My husband works full time as a maintenance supervisor at an apartment community. If we paid for insurance through his work, it would cost us $700 to $1,000 a month. My husband's salary is only $36,000 a year, and we can't afford private insurance. It would almost be food off of our table."

"It's not fair that the president has vetoed the bill, because he has health insurance, and all the politicians have health insurance," Taylor said. "It's ridiculous. We live in the richest country. It doesn't make sense we have to suffer, and we can't afford to have healthy children."

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President Bush Vetos Health Care for Children

Bush, his Cabinet, all of Congress, and the military, including veterans - they all enjoy "government funding" for their health care needs, subsidized by the same taxpayers who overwhelmingly support continuing and enhancing the SCHIP program.

The Senate supported the SCHIP reauthorization by a vote of 67-29, enough to override the president's veto. But we need more votes in the House: 265 members from both parties supported SCHIP but 159 Republicans backed the president's effort to undermine children's health care. We need to round up 290 House votes to override Bush's veto, and we need your help!

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