Thursday, August 30, 2007

I'm Not Sleeping With Anyone in Civic Concern. Am I?

Got an email from a new crew in Florida called Civic Concern.

Dear Katie,

When the Florida Legislature convenes the special session scheduled to
begin September 18, it will cost taxpayers $40,000 a day. To date, legislative
leadership is insisting they will focus solely on making essential budget
reductions, despite calls from all sides that they take up two urgent issues
they failed to address during the regular session. Join thousands of Floridians
in demanding that the legislature get the job done right this time.

1. No-Fault Auto Insurance and PIP Coverage: On October 1st, Florida's
no-fault auto insurance laws are scheduled to expire, and there will no longer
be any requirement that drivers carry a minimum level of personal injury
protection (PIP) insurance. PIP provides an essential health care safety net.
Without it, the twenty percent of Floridians who have no health insurance will
have no coverage for treatment of injuries sustained in auto accidents, and
hospitals say they will be forced to bear the costs of administering emergency
treatment to uninsured accident victims. Health insurance companies say they
will be forced to increase premiums, and courts will be clogged with lawsuits.
To protect Florida's drivers, the Legislature must extend the current law for a
year to allow time for reform legislation to be developed. Read more here.

2. KidCare: More than half a million Florida children are without health
insurance of any kind. The KidCare program is designed to provide coverage to
children whose parents make too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to
afford private health insurance. However, because Florida has failed to maximize
enrollment in the program, we have lost more than $130 million dollars in
available federal funding. A package of reforms was proposed in this year's
legislative session with wide, bi-partisan support, including the backing of
Governor Charlie Crist, CFO Alex Sink, and most legislative leaders. But the
legislature ended the regular session without enacting this widely supported
reform legislation that would have helped thousands of uninsured Florida
children get access to basic medical care. Read
more here.
I'll sign their petition and join their email list.

I just have one question.

Why are they calling me Katie?

Pretty familiar for a political action group.

1 Comments:

At 8/30/2007, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am pretty sure that they are pulling data from the state voter files, as I and several folks that I know all recieved the same email. Perhaps they have access to one of the party run voter files, which include more info like nicknames and any other points of info that can be used in the future.

 

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