Keeping Promises
“You promised.” Children learn the value and power of those words very early on as they begin to develop a sense of morality and trust. [...]
Read MoreThe State of America’s Children Demands Your Action Right Now!
It is a national disgrace that children are the poorest Americans. The Children’s Defense Fund’s new report The State of America’s Children® 2017 details the [...]
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“Congress’ Urgent Unfinished Business for Children”
As if our fight to stop the profoundly unjust Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was not enough, we must all work hard to ensure there [...]
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Why America May Go to Hell!
I hope you will speak up loudly and do whatever else is necessary to stop Congress’ hugely unjust Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that rewards [...]
Read MoreChildren and the Opioid Crisis
President Trump’s announcement yesterday reminded us all that the opioid crisis is a public health emergency, but in fact it is also a national [...]
Read MoreCongress Is Holding CHIP and Children Hostage
Dr. Lanre Falusi knows firsthand the anxiety families face when the future of their child’s health insurance is in jeopardy. A pediatrician at Children’s National [...]
Read MoreThe Continuing Mean Assault on Our Children’s Health
It’s back. The assault on our children’s health coverage has been resurrected for a final last-minute attempt at passage and is even more dangerous and cruel [...]
Read MoreCongress: Act on CHIP
“In this dark day of discontent So many feel despair As poverty and dissidence Cause sadness everywhere.” On May 11, 1997 Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) [...]
Read MoreHappy Birthday Medicaid From the Millions Who Love and Need You
“It was a generation ago that Harry Truman said, and I quote him: ‘Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of [...]
Read More“Keep Working and Never Ever Give Up!”
What a week it’s been. It’s hard to conceive that despite opposition from hundreds of organizations including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of [...]
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