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CALL TO ACTION: TEACHER HEALTH INSURANCE
We are at the crossroads on health insurance for Texas teachers.
Frustrated
over funding issues, the House Select Committee on Teacher Health
Insurance
Chair Paul Sadler says he needs direction from the state leadership on
where
to go with the issue. His committee reached a stalemate Monday
night, after
three hours of grappling with the funding issue.
The Senate Finance Committee voted on the education section of the budget
bill last week, but did not include any money to pay for teacher health
insurance.
ACTION NEEDED:
Call Governor Perry and Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff to let them know that Texas
can only attracting and keeping good teachers if we offer them quality
health insurance.
Ask for legislation that:
· Fully funds health insurance for all current and retired teachers
· Covers half the cost of dependent coverage
Governor Rick Perry: 463-1782 in Austin, elsewhere.
Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff: .
Texas Freedom Network |
TFN Activist Alerts:
"People here do not want to comment on the budget."
-- A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Human Services, reserving comment
on the budget Bush is expected to propose next month which would cut funds
for children's health care, day care and child abuse prevention.
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TFN PRIORITIES IN THE LEG.
The state House budget writing committee approved their version of a
state budget, leaving out funding for big ticket items like
teachers health insurance and simplification of the children's
Medicaid application process.
CHILDREN
Bush administration officials announced yesterday that as part of
his budget, President Bush intends next month to propose cuts in
programs to provide child care, to prevent child abuse and to train
doctors at children's hospitals http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/23/politics/23SPEN.html
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