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Health Care

Recent News & Legislation

• Letter to House in support of CHAMP Act
  
• Letter to Senate in support of Children's Health Care Bill
  
• Letter to House in Support of Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (H.R. 3162)
  
• Letter to the Senate Finance Committee expressing our support for the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007
  
• Testimony of AFSME President Gerald W. McEntee on Living without Health Insurance: Why Every American Needs Coverage
  
• President's Health Care Plan is a Bad Prescription
  
• AFSCME Urges Congress to Reject Veterans Health Care Increases
  
• Letter to House & Senate urging funding for State Children's Health Insurance Program
  
• Letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao
  At the request of AFSCME, a bipartisan group of House members urges the Administration to do more to protect health care workers and first responders in the event of pandemic flu.
• Letter to Representatives supporting H.R. 2410, the "Depleted Uranium Munitions Study Act"
  
• Letter to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton re: expanding TRICARE coverage for Guardsmen and reservists
  
• Letter to Representatives urging cosponsorship of legislation to establish an Office of Correctional Public Health (HR 2737)
  

• Testimony of Manuela Butler, Home Health Care Worker of DC 1707, Local 389 on "The Fair Home Health Care Act" (H.R. 3582) before the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives
  

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