After reading the following urgent post, you can help by calling
Speaker Ryan's office at: (608) 752-4050,
Speaker Ryan is conducting a phone survey.
Carl Jarvis
On 1/6/17, Deb Lewis <deblewis53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ACT TODAY TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE
Congressional leaders have declared that one of their first goals in
the new Congress is to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) and “replace” it. While Congress has
passed many bills to repeal the ACA in the past, it was clear that
President Obama would veto them. But this is not the case with
President-elect Donald Trump who says he will sign an ACA repeal bill.
The Senate is planning to pass a budget that will begin the process of
repealing the ACA as soon as JANUARY 11. This is the first step in
taking health care away before having a plan to replace it.
We must educate our Members of Congress before January 11th about why
the ACA is so important to everyone, but especially to people with
disabilities.
There are key provisions in the ACA that support the health and
well-being of people with disabilities that we cannot lose:
• Because of the ACA, health insurers can't deny you health insurance
if you have a disability or chronic condition.
• Because of the ACA, there aren't arbitrary financial limits to how
much health care you can get in a year or in your lifetime.
• Because of the ACA, more people with disabilities receive supports
and live in the community, not institutions.
• Because of the ACA, 20 million adults and children now have health
insurance, thanks to the Medicaid Expansion and the health insurance
subsidies, and millions of young adults have been able to stay on
their parents’ health insurance.
• Because of the ACA, health insurers started to provide people with
the services they need—like mental health services and rehabilitation
and habilitation services and devises
There are countless other provisions in the ACA that are important to
people with disabilities. The ACA has unquestionably improved access
to care for people with disabilities and chronic conditions to help
them live healthy, independent, and fulfilling lives. Learn more here.
TAKE ACTION
Call the US Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be
connected to your Senator’s office. Tell your Senator:
• Vote NO on the Budget package that leads to eliminating the
Affordable Care Act.
• People with disabilities need access to comprehensive and affordable
health care.
• Congress must include the disability community in any discussion
about repeal and replace to ensure that any changes meet the needs of
people with disabilities.
SAMPLE TWEETS TO YOUR SENATORS
Vote NO on Senate budget. People w #disabilities rely on #ACA for
comprehensive health care http://bit.ly/2jjeZau
Affordable Care Act = affordable comprehensive care for people
w/#disabilities. Don’t repeal it! http://bit.ly/2jjeZau
11 million at risk of losing Medicaid if #ACA repealed
http://kaiserf.am/2gacF4c
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