Issue Position: Public Health
Issue Position
Issues: Health and Health Care
*Restore full health insurance benefits to eligible children of working parents to ensure that our children are healthy and to ease the overcrowding in our emergency rooms.
*Take advantage of the estimated $300 million of Federal funds left on the table in Washington each year by fully funding CHIP.
*Reinstate $50 million in mental health cuts enacted in 2003 to provide community help and ease the burden on local law enforcement.
*Improve state efforts to curb domestic violence and prevent child abuse.
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