Step up for Children

By the end of today, one million children will have been born without health coverage since the start of the 100th Congress -- a Congress in which the House of Representatives was convened on January 4, 2007 with these words, "For all of America's children, the House will be in order." Unfortunately, Congress has not yet succeeded at being "for all America's children." Despite attempts last year to expand health coverage for children, Congress was unable to override vetoes by President Bush and today 9.4 million children in America are living without health coverage.

Every 41 seconds, a child is born uninsured. To emphasize the stark reality of this crisis, we created a "counter" for our website last year that has been counting the number of uninsured children born since the start of the 110th Congress. Later today ... that counter will hit one million.

In honor of those one million children and the millions of other children suffering in America without health coverage, we ask you to step up, take action and help solve this crisis. Tell Congress there is still time to truly make this a Congress "for all of America's children by supporting legislation to ensure health coverage for every child and pregnant woman.

During this busy election year, help us send a clear and overpowering message to our Members of Congress today to make children's health coverage a priority. Children cannot wait. Our goal is to mobilize 5,000 child advocates like you to send an email to Congress Itoday to make them take notice. Help us reach our goal by:

   1. sending an email to your Members of Congress today.

   2. telling at least three friends to do the same.

It's easy, it ony takes a few minutes and by taking this step to improve the lives of children, you improve the lives of all of us.

-- Children's Defense Fund Action Council