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Dear Sens. McCain and Flake,
We, your constituents, urge you to put your full support behind protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act. Repealing the law, especially without a plan to take its place, is reckless and irresponsible. It subjects Americans to uncertainty and risk: lost coverage, medical bankruptcies, turmoil for small businesses, a destabilized insurance market, a skyrocketing deficit, and deaths.
A growing number of medical professionals, scholars and statisticians have already warned against "repeal-delay-replace." In an open letter last week, the American Medical Association called the ACA "a significant improvement on the status quo" and urged Congress to caution. "Before any action is taken through reconciliation or other means that would potentially alter coverage," they wrote, "policymakers should lay out for the American people, in reasonable detail, what will replace current policies."
Your actions are out of the mainstream. Poll after poll shows that the majority of American voters support the major provisions of the ACA. 75% of Americans say they either want lawmakers to leave the ACA alone, or repeal it only after they replace it with a new law. Only 20% want Congress to repeal the ACA immediately and work out the details of a replacement plan later.
Health care in America still faces a number of problems, such as unaffordable premiums and few coverage options. However, these problems existed before the ACA, and can be solved through expansions of the law.
Americans deserve to keep their access to affordable, high-quality health care coverage. We stand with the majority of Americans in asking you to back off this dangerous course of action. Please put your effort instead toward making coverage more affordable, providing greater choice, and increasing the number of the insured.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned, Arizona Voters
Sources:
Jacobson, Louis. (2017, January 5.) What would the impact be if the Affordable Care Act is repealed? Retrieved from http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/20...
Kirzinger, Ashley; Wu, Bryan; and Brodie, Mollyann. (2017, January 6.) Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Priorities for 2017. Retrieved from http://kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kaiser-he...
Madara, James L., MD (2017, January 3.) AMA Letter to Congressional Leaders on Reform of Health Care System. Retrieved from https://www.ama-assn.org/ama-letter-congressional-...More like this
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Reached 250 supporters
January 8, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
January 7, 2017
142 Comments
Dear Senators- I own a pediatric practice with my husband. Every day we see families who are able to obtain care and not worry about going bankrupt because of the ACA. Please do that right thing and keep this beneficial law in place. Thank you.
Do not repeal ACA. Many people who rely on medical care/insurance are the same people who might be unemployed or underemployed. It becomes a pay now or pay later issue. My 19 year old son has epilepsy and the benefits to ACA are essential. It could definitely be better. Fix it, don't just ditch it.
As a woman and a small business owner, the Affordable Care Act has made a significant and positive change to my insurance benefits. Now, being a woman does not put me under the umbrella of a "pre-existing condition". Please fight for the American people and their rights for insurance.
The ACA must not be demolished as it is the only lifeline to insurance for many people. 700,000 Arizonans would lose their health insurance if you and your colleagues dismantle it. And just what is Trump' s plan for replacing it?
My family would suffer greatly if the ACA were repealed without a better replacement. As a parent, it terrifies me to think about having to forego medical treatments necessary to keep my children healthy. I am losing much sleep over this critical issue.
Millions now have healthcare because of the ACA. Abolishing it without a replacement is irresponsible. Amend and tweak as you wish, but you have a responsibility to do what is best for the greatest number of Americans.
Please Sirs, no repeal without a replacement. I feel improving the existing law is the best alternative.
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Dear Sens. McCain and Flake,
We, your constituents, urge you to put your full support behind protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act. Repealing the law, especially without a plan to take its place, is reckless and irresponsible. It subjects Americans to uncertainty and risk: lost coverage, medical bankruptcies, turmoil for small businesses, a destabilized insurance market, a skyrocketing deficit, and deaths.
A growing number of medical professionals, scholars and statisticians have already warned against "repeal-delay-replace." In an open letter last week, the American Medical Association called the ACA "a significant improvement on the status quo" and urged Congress to caution. "Before any action is taken through reconciliation or other means that would potentially alter coverage," they wrote, "policymakers should lay out for the American people, in reasonable detail, what will replace current policies."
Your actions are out of the mainstream. Poll after poll shows that the majority of American voters support the major provisions of the ACA. 75% of Americans say they either want lawmakers to leave the ACA alone, or repeal it only after they replace it with a new law. Only 20% want Congress to repeal the ACA immediately and work out the details of a replacement plan later.
Health care in America still faces a number of problems, such as unaffordable premiums and few coverage options. However, these problems existed before the ACA, and can be solved through expansions of the law.
Americans deserve to keep their access to affordable, high-quality health care coverage. We stand with the majority of Americans in asking you to back off this dangerous course of action. Please put your effort instead toward making coverage more affordable, providing greater choice, and increasing the number of the insured.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned, Arizona Voters
Sources:
Jacobson, Louis. (2017, January 5.) What would the impact be if the Affordable Care Act is repealed? Retrieved from http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/20...
Kirzinger, Ashley; Wu, Bryan; and Brodie, Mollyann. (2017, January 6.) Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Priorities for 2017. Retrieved from http://kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kaiser-he...
Madara, James L., MD (2017, January 3.) AMA Letter to Congressional Leaders on Reform of Health Care System. Retrieved from https://www.ama-assn.org/ama-letter-congressional-...Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 8, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
January 7, 2017
142 Comments
The affordable care act helped save my son who has a mental illness. Or also allowed my college-age son's to continue to be covered on our family medically plan after age 21 even though not always students due to health issues. Do not repeal this law but work on a bipartisan basis to improve it.
Dear Senators- I own a pediatric practice with my husband. Every day we see families who are able to obtain care and not worry about going bankrupt because of the ACA. Please do that right thing and keep this beneficial law in place. Thank you.
Do not repeal ACA. Many people who rely on medical care/insurance are the same people who might be unemployed or underemployed. It becomes a pay now or pay later issue. My 19 year old son has epilepsy and the benefits to ACA are essential. It could definitely be better. Fix it, don't just ditch it.
As a woman and a small business owner, the Affordable Care Act has made a significant and positive change to my insurance benefits. Now, being a woman does not put me under the umbrella of a "pre-existing condition". Please fight for the American people and their rights for insurance.
The ACA must not be demolished as it is the only lifeline to insurance for many people. 700,000 Arizonans would lose their health insurance if you and your colleagues dismantle it. And just what is Trump' s plan for replacing it?
My family would suffer greatly if the ACA were repealed without a better replacement. As a parent, it terrifies me to think about having to forego medical treatments necessary to keep my children healthy. I am losing much sleep over this critical issue.
Millions now have healthcare because of the ACA. Abolishing it without a replacement is irresponsible. Amend and tweak as you wish, but you have a responsibility to do what is best for the greatest number of Americans.
Please Sirs, no repeal without a replacement. I feel improving the existing law is the best alternative.
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The affordable care act helped save my son who has a mental illness. Or also allowed my college-age son's to continue to be covered on our family medically plan after age 21 even though not always students due to health issues. Do not repeal this law but work on a bipartisan basis to improve it.