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Category Archives: Action
ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress: Hands Off Our Health Care!
Just a month after declaring that the Affordable Care Act will remain “the law of the land,” Congress is taking another swing at destroying Medicaid and taking away your health care. Their new version of the repeal bill is worse than ever, and they’re rushing it through the House...
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Tell Congress: don’t delay our civil rights!
Businesses have had 27 years to come into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the civil rights law which requires businesses to be accessible to people with disabilities. But some of them still want a pass on excluding disabled people. Right now, Members of Congress and corporate lobbyists...
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ACTION ALERT: Your Members of Congress are home – tell them what you think!
In the next two weeks, you have a chance to make a difference for the disability community. Your Members of Congress are back in their home states and districts until next Friday, April 21st. This is a crucial time to remind them that the disability community is still watching....
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VICTORY: Advocates Save the ACA
Today, the House of Representatives pulled the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Speaker Paul Ryan just said publicly that the ACA “is the law of the land” and will remain so “for the foreseeable future.” This is a huge victory for disabled people and for everyone who...
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ACTION ALERT: We know what’s at stake in ACA repeal – tell Congress to vote NO!
On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office released their report on what would happen if the Affordable Care Act repeal bill passes – and it’s horrifying. Under the proposed plan, 14 million people will lose their health insurance by next year. Over the next 10 years, that number grows to...
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ACTION ALERT: the clock is ticking to save the Affordable Care Act!
Dear friends, Congress is trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act THIS MONTH – and we need your help to stop them. Contact your Members of Congress and tell them to vote NO on ACA repeal. We asked Congress to show us their plan for replacement. They finally did,...
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We Need YOUR HELP To Defend The ACA!
Dear friends, Less than two weeks ago, the Senate took the first steps toward repealing the Affordable Care Act. Since then, you’ve mobilized to defend our health care, calling Senate Committees and asking them not to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement plan in place – and it’s working....
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Tell the Senate to Defend the ACA!
Dear friends, We already knew our right to access health care would come under attack — but we didn’t realize just how soon. At 1:30 AM last night, the Senate approved a budget resolution that lawmakers have dubbed the Obamacare “repeal resolution.” Budget resolutions tell specific committees to write...
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