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Republicans Attack 12-Year-Old For Saying Health Care is Important

Posted by Stephanie Taylor on October 11, 2007 at 03:12 PM

Last week, a 12-year-old boy named Graeme Frost recorded a radio address for the Democratic Party about why the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is so important. After a serious car accident, Graeme suffered from severe brain trauma and lost the ability to eat or walk. He received the medical care he needed because of CHIP.

Bush vetoed a bill that would have funded and expanded the program, calling the cost "excessive." The 265-159 partisan vote in the House, while decisive, fell just short of a veto-proof majority. Republicans just might stop poor children from receiving health-care.

But it gets worse. The radical right-wing attack machine started to smear Graeme Frost and his family. Now Think Progress has uncovered evidence that the attacks might have been coordinated from the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

The good news is that the American people aren't buying it. We asked you last week to send letters to Congress in support of children's health care. So far, you've sent almost 198,000 letters--many, many more than we ever thought possible.

Please let your friends and family know that you can still support children like Graeme Frost by using our online tool, and keep those letters coming.

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