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Text Box: 11/20/07 Acton Democratic Town Committee and the Harvard Democrativ Town Committee voted to send the following letter in support of the SCHIP Bill and other legislation to improve health care. Harvard Democratic Town Committee                   Acton Democratic Town Committee P.O Box 576                                                     68 Parker Street, J Harvard, MA 01451                                             Acton, MA 01720   November 20, 2007   The Honorable Niki Tsongas 2229 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Dear Representative Tsongas, We are writing to thank you for your vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to override a Presidential veto.  The Reauthorization of the State Children’s Insurance Program (SCHIP), H.R. 976, would have provided health care to over 4 million American children. We urge you to review the new version of the SCHIP reauthorization (H.R. 3963) and work with your Democratic colleagues to pass this much needed legislation and provide health coverage for low income children. Beginning with President Nixon’s new health strategy, we have seen the United States ranking for health systems by the World Health Organization steadily decline, both in the areas of infant mortality and life expectancy.  Your continued support of better health care is essential. Of course Universal Health Care is our goal.  According to the Institute of Medicine, "lack of health insurance causes roughly 18,000 unnecessary deaths every year in the United States. Although America leads the world in spending on health care, it is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not ensure that all citizens have coverage.” That correlates into over 100,000 unnecessary deaths since 9/11.  We urge you to support of H.R. 676, “Expanded and Improved Medicare for All.” We believe a healthier population will benefit us all and that this bill matches your commitment for expanding health care coverage to all Americans. Thank you again.  We look forward to working with you in the future. Sincerely ____________________________                                   ___________________________ Dennis Bradley, Chair HDTC                                           Susan Kennedy, Chair ADTC   copy:    Representative Jamie Eldridge              Senator Pam Resor