Attend an Event

Although meeting with your Members of Congress in-person can take a little more time and effort, it is incredibly effective in persuading them to do what you ask. And since your Members of Congress are back in your home state this month and the first week of September, now is the perfect time to tell them face-to-face that you support comprehensive, affordable health coverage for all children!

You can either:

1. Attend an event your Member of Congress is already scheduled to attend. Visit www.congressmerge.com to find out who your Members of Congress are. Visit their websites or call their offices to see if they have any public events scheduled.
2. Set up a meeting with your Member of Congress. Learn more about how to do this.

In both of these instances, be sure to let your Members of Congress know:

• You are a constituent of the Member of Congress. Make other personal connections when you can.
• Share this message with them:

  I believe that health reform should make children better—not worse—off. Health reform should ensure health coverage for all children that is:

  • Comprehensive and provides all medically necessary health and mental health services.
  • Simplified and streamlined to make it easy for children to get and stay enrolled.
  • Affordable with cost sharing protections for children in families up to 300% of the federal poverty level that are the same as children with Medicaid get.

  When speaking with your Representative, please add: The current House bill does not include these improvements. Millions of children could end up worse off after health reform. Amendments and agreements to the House bill by Representatives Bobby Scott and Bobby Rush will make children better off. Please support these improvements.

  When speaking with your Senators, please add: None of the current bills or draft bills includes these improvements. As a result, millions of children could end up worse off after health reform. Please step up for children and make sure these improvements are included in any Senate health reform bill.