BIOGRAPHY
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National Health Reform Implementation: In addition to expanding coverage through Medicaid, national health reform is expected to provide more than 17 million people with subsidies to purchase coverage through Exchanges. However, some people might still not be able to afford insurance. What measures, if any, would you support to help make health insurance affordable for families?
Childhood Obesity: More than one in six U.S children are obese, a rate that has tripled in the past 30 years. Childhood obesity is linked to a number of debilitating and expensive diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, several kinds of cancer, and other chronic conditions. What can be done, if anything, to help families and communities address this issue?
Children’s Budget: Representative Danny Davis and Senator Menendez have introduced the Children’s Budget Act (H.R. 3772/S. 3108), legislation that would require federal spending on children’s programs to be separately displayed and analyzed in the President’s budget, illustrating how the federal government allocates resources for children. What importance, if any, do you place on creating a Children’s Budget and why?
TANF: The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF), which provides assistance and work opportunities to needy families, is up for reauthorization this year. How would you rate the success of this program and what changes, if any, would you make to the TANF program?
Foster Care: Over half a million children are currently in the U.S. foster care system. What reforms, if any, would you propose to ensure that more foster children receive appropriate care and are eventually placed in safe, permanent homes?
Secondary Education: Every year over one million American students fail to graduate from high school. What policy ideas are most important to you in working to increase graduation rates and strengthen America’s public schools?
Higher Education: Between 2001 and 2010, an estimated two million students who were otherwise qualified to go to college did not attend because they could not afford the tuition costs. What measures, if any, do you feel should be taken to make higher education more affordable to students?
