PROCLAMATION

•	Forty four million Americans do not have health care coverage.
•	Eight out of ten of the uninsured are in working families that cannot afford health insurance and are not eligible for public programs.
•	Uninsured Americans live sicker and die younger because they are forced to go without the health care they need.
•	A slow economy, higher unemployment and rising health costs mean that more Americans are becoming uninsured in our community.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of Ashland, recognize the urgency of seeking solutions to one of America's greatest problems, and hereby proclaim May 10 - 16, 2004 as

COVER THE UNINSURED WEEK
"Let's Get America Covered"

Dated this 4th day of May, 2004.

Alan DeBoer, Mayor
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder

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