Tag: Obamacare

Educational Resources and Tools, Healthcare, News and Events, Regional and National News, RVUSA Priority Issues

Healthcare At Risk – Learn About the Graham Cassidy Bill

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The US Senate is furiously whipping votes to pass the Graham-Cassidy bill, the Senate’s latest effort to reform and repeal the Affordable Care Act. Passage of Graham-Cassidy will leave millions of Americans without healthcare coverage and worsen coverage for millions more. The bill will also allow states to opt out of essential health benefits protected by the ACA such as maternity care coverage, mental health benefits, and coverage for people with preexisting conditions.

Click here and here to learn more about this bill and other developments in the healthcare arena.

Raise your voice – make phone calls. – send postcards. Click here and here to find your representatives. Click here to download postcard templates.

RVUSA Priority Issues

ACA Enrollment – Urgent Information

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Trump is decreasing the advertising by 90% for enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

2017 COVERAGE
Open Enrollment for 2017 health coverage ended January 31, 2017. You can still get 2017 health insurance 2 ways:
– If you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period due to a life event like losing other coverage, getting married, or having a baby.
– If you qualify for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). You can apply any time.

SEE IF YOU CAN GET 2017 COVERAGE

2018 PLANS
– The 2018 Open Enrollment Period runs from November 1, 2017 to December 15, 2017.
– Plans sold during Open Enrollment start January 1, 2018.

CLICK HERE TO ENROLL AND READ MORE

Action, Civic and Voter Engagement, RVUSA Priority Issues

Attend a Resistance Recess Event: Save Our Healthcare, Our Communities, and Our Democracy

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The week of February 18–26 is the first recess of the 115th Congress—time specifically set aside for members of Congress to meet with constituents and get the pulse of the communities they represent. 

This is the perfect time to raise our voices. We will show up at our elected officials’ events, town halls, other public appearances, and even plan our own events, if they refuse to meet with us, to make it clear to those who represent us, as well as to the media, that tolerance of Trump’s hurtful agenda is unacceptable and politically toxic. 

Will you join fellow constituents and attend a Resistance Recess action near you?

Click here to enter your ZIP Code or view the map to search for an event near you. If you don’t see an event with your member of Congress listed, click “Create a New Event” below and add your event! We’ll help recruit fellow constituents to join you.

Action, Healthcare, RVUSA Priority Issues

Make Calls to Save the ACA

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Make some calls this week!

For those worried about ACA coverage for themselves and their families.

Call the five Republican senators who have broken away from the GOP to demand a slow down of the repeal. 

Tell them how much you appreciate their efforts to stop the train wreck and share your story.

They are:
Senator Bob Corker – (202) 224-3344
Senator Lisa Murkowski – (202) 224-6665
Senator Rob Portman – (202) 224-3353
Senator Susan Collins – (202) 224-2523
Senator Bill Cassidy – (202) 224-5824

Action, Healthcare, RVUSA Priority Issues

Save the Affordable Care Act

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URGENT: 

Some members of Congress have been talking about repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, since the day it became law.

In the six years that have passed since then — and even as the House and Senate voted to advance the Affordable Care Act’s repeal this week — they still haven’t come up with a realistic plan to replace it with something better.

The Affordable Care Act’s impacts are clear. More than 20 million people have gained coverage, many for the first time. It’s driven the uninsured rate to an all-time low, and it has held the growth of health care costs to the lowest levels in 50 years.

OFA’s letter to the editor tool gives you everything you need to write a letter and have an impact on the conversation around Obamacare.

Before tearing anything down, Congress should show us their plan to replace our health care, including how they lower costs, keep people covered, and protect people with pre-existing conditions.

Let’s keep holding their feet to the fire.

Write a letter today.

(excerpts from “Organizing for Action”)