Did you happen to catch ABC World News on Sunday? They aired a story on the key issue of Susie’s campaign -- the nine million uninsured children in America. ABC told the story of four families’ efforts to get (and keep) health insurance for their children and the struggles they experience living without health insurance. The broadcast also featured Children's Defense Fund President (and Susie supporter) Marian Wright Edelman, who reminded viewers that the problem "not only costs lives of children and stress for families, but it also costs taxpayers money." Proving once again that health insurance for all children is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do!

Watch ABC News’ report.

Check out this interview with Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF).

ABC News’ report was actually the first in a four-part series, and if they’re continuing to talk about children’s health insurance needs, they’re continuing to support Susie for President! Post a comment on the ABC World News website about the show … then go to CDF’s website and write your Member of Congress to let them know that health insurance for all children this year is important to you!

Hey Susie supporters- we sent thousands of emails to Members of Congress around Mother’s Day asking them to enact the All Healthy Children Act. Congress must be listening because the All Healthy Children Act (HR 1688) now has over 50 House co-sponsors! (Just a few weeks ago it had 14.) Additionally, earlier this week, Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT) announced that he will introduce the All Healthy Children Act in the Senate after Memorial Day.

I think that means Susie’s the only candidate for President who’s already accomplished one of her campaign goals!

Brian Williams: Approximately 100,000 children in South Carolina and nine million children nation-wide lack health insurance. And the problem is growing: Every 47 seconds, another baby is born uninsured in America. If elected, what specific steps would you take to ensure that all children get the health care they need to survive and thrive?

Susie Flynn: Many children have benefited from Medicaid and SCHIP over the years, but it’s time to cut through the red tape so that all children can get health care. We should create one program with easier ways to apply, including automatic enrollment and automatic renewal, so that children get covered and stay covered. Just because a child moves to a different state doesn’t mean the child should lose their health care. If the entire country was working with the same rules and through the same program, we could help all children to live healthy lives.

If you're lucky enough to live in Arkansas, Michigan, Nevada, North Dakota, Iowa, Maine, West Virginia, or New Hampshire, you may also be lucky enough to hear Susie's new radio ads. That's right, Susie now has radio ads running in those eight states – so keep your ears open! (Did we mention you can also listen to the ad right here?)

Little Voice
'Susie Flynn' Launches Presidential Bid To Highlight Uninsured Children

There's a fresh new face on the White House campaign trail, and it's not the smiling visage of junior Illinois Sen. Barack Obama (D).

Susie Flynn, the latest presidential contender to hit the airwaves, is a Washington outsider whose frustration with the government's handling of one major issue -- children's health care -- has moved her to enter the race. There's only one problem: She's 10 years old.

She's also not a real person. "Susie" is the fictional face of the Children's Defense Fund's Healthy Child Campaign, an effort to raise awareness about the 9 million U.S. children who lack health insurance.

"Is there one good reason why our rich nation can't provide all children health insurance?" Flynn asks a statue of Abraham Lincoln in a new TV ad. In another, she whispers into the ear of a man standing outside the White House. Children who lack health care "are ignored because they don't have a voice and can't vote," the man says, relating Flynn's message to viewers. "Please use yours to elect someone who will give every child the health insurance they need."

The campaign, aimed at both policy makers and the public at large, was launched in February with print ads posted in Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, and four different TV spots featuring the young "candidate" began airing nationally on CNN last week. All of the spots direct viewers to electsusie.com, which features "real stories" of children living without health insurance and a petition drive that has so far yielded over 15,000 signatures.

"What better way to achieve this than by having a child act as the voice for the nine million children that do not have one?" Char Roseblade, a spokeswoman for CDF media consultant Fallon Worldwide, explained in a release. "Adults and politicians should feel embarrassed that it takes a child to drive awareness and encourage involvement to solve this problem."

CDF press secretary Nayyera Haq said Flynn's campaign will continue "until another leader picks up this issue," and "Susie would be delighted to work with any adult willing to step forward."

"Universal health care" has become a popular buzzword on the presidential campaign trail and is catching on in the halls of Congress as well. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., recently teamed up with Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., on a bill that would guarantee access to health coverage for every child in the country.