Children's Defense Fund

Research & Publications

• Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch^® Column: "This Is Congress’s Chance to Fix the Health Care System for All Children"
• Marian Wright Edelman's Testimony for Hearing on the Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft
• Marian Wright Edelman's Testimony for Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's Hearing on the Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft
• More Publications

Related Campaigns

• Health Coverage for All Children Campaign

  
  CDF's Health Coverage for All Children Campaign, a national, state, and local initiative to guarantee comprehensive health and mental health coverage for all children and pregnant women in America.

Related Initiatives

• Mental Health
• Children's Health

Related Staff

Marian Wright Edelman President

Recent Videos

Marian Wright Edelman's Testimony for Hearing on the Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft

 

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Marian Wright Edelman Testimony at House Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing

Washington, DC—Today, Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman testified at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about the House Tri-Committee Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft. Excerpts from her testimony are included below.

To view the submitted testimony in its entirety visit, www.childrensdefense.org/healthreformtestimony

"The Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft takes strong steps towards quality health reform for millions of Americans—but I am concerned that under your proposal children don't get their fair share of needed reform, and rather than being better off than they are now, some are at risk of being worse off.

"I strongly recommend that you amend your draft bill to address the three critical areas for improvement that I stated earlier in my testimony: a national eligibility floor for children at 300 percent of the Federal Poverty Level; comprehensive health and mental health benefits for all children, building on what children now get in Medicaid; and a simplified system of enrollment so that all children who are eligible will be enrolled. These are essential to ensuring that children truly benefit from health reform."

For more information about the Children's Defense Fund, visit www.childrensdefense.org.

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