Political Quotes

“one of the central points of the democratic Families First program has been a commitment to improving children's health care. Last summer in Houston we hosted an immunization day to offer inner city children free immunization as a step toward providing them with critical preventative health care. And we will do it again this year. But that is not enough. The Democratic Members of Congress know children's health is an issue that deserves our attention. In millions of American households with one or two working parents, children are excluded from their health care coverage. Ninety percent of the 10 million American children who are uninsured have parents who work but whose employers cannot or do not provide health care coverage for the children. The Democratic plan will help children get coverage by requiring insurance companies to offer kids-only health plans and tax credits to help families pay for those premiums. The Democratic families first agenda will indeed offer real improvements to every life for America's working families, especially our children. Let us work together bipartisanly to improve the health care for America's 10 million uninsured children.”