Hospital CEOs also going to lobby for the State Children's Fund...which expires at the end of September without funding... BD
According to the National Association of Children's Hospitals, a group of more than 150 children hospital CEO's, medical directors, trustees and other hospital executives representing more that 50 children hospitals around the nation headed to Capitol Hill on Wednesday. This massive undertaking is to lobby congress to reauthorize the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). At the end of September, SCHIP expires. If this is allowed to happen, children nationwide will lose coverage. According to Lawrence A McAndrews, president and CEO of the National Association of Children's Hospitals, he is encouraged by the ongoing negotiations between the house and the senate. If they stay focused on the needs of all children, SCHIP will keep going.
Children hospital representatives from the States of: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida , Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin will be present.
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