Children Need Healthcare

 

 

     As our federal representatives begin to debate the proposed GOP healthcare bill, let's remember that in order for children to do well in school they need to be healthy. The proposed bill cuts Medicaid funding which many families with children depend on for their healthcare, specifically 39% of all children and 76% of all poor children.

 

     And where will the money 'saved' go?  To tax cuts for insurance companies and the wealthy.

Obama said it well in his recent tweet: this bill will pave the way for a "massive transfer of wealth from middle class and poor families to the richest people in America".

 

     When we consider the transfers of money from the federal education budget and Medicaid, children will be hit hard in this next proposed federal budget.

 

     Unbelievable.