Sunday, November 18, 2007

Protect Childrens Health And Beauty Insurance Programs

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Governor Eliot Spitzer sent the following letter to the President regarding new federal rules that would severely limit states' ability to provide health insurance to children Health And Beauty.Protect Childrens Health Insurance Programs

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing new rules that will set Medicaid and state programs back forty years Health And Beauty Health And Beauty.

These rules, which are being promulgated without proper review, impose eligibility standards that would both deny health care to vulnerable children and pregnant women and greatly restrict the flexibility of states to reach your administrationa stated goals of efficiently providing coverage. The rules must be withdrawn Health And Beauty.

We agree with your push for states to be a force for change in the delivery of health care to tens of millions of our fellow Americans who remain without meaningful coverage.Health And Beauty But as you rally governors to do more to help fix our broken health care system, your administration has repeatedly modified existing Medicaid and SCHIP rules Health And Beauty, harming statesa capacity to help you achieve our shared objectives.

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