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ACTION ALERT: Your voice can save health care!

| Ianthe Dempsey

Yesterday, we saw the latest text of the Senate’s ACA repeal bill. Just as we suspected, the Senate spent their 4th of July recess cutting deals and making trades to sway more Senators towards voting yes. But the new bill is just as devastating for the millions of Americans...

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ACTION ALERT: Where will you be when your Senators come home?

| Ianthe Dempsey

A lot can happen in a week. In the last 7 days, the Senate released a draft of their secretive ACA repeal bill, rushed it to the floor for an uninformed vote, realized they didn’t have enough votes to pass it, and postponed the vote until after the July...

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ACTION ALERT: Call like your life depends on it

| Ianthe Dempsey

The Senate is rushing their Affordable Care Act repeal bill to a vote  – and if it passes, disabled people in this country will lose health care in massive numbers. You may have already seen the images yesterday of disabled protesters being dragged out of their wheelchairs and arrested...

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ACTION ALERT: Tell the Senate we’re still watching!

| Ianthe Dempsey

The Senate is rushing their ACA repeal bill to a vote THIS MONTH. Some Senators claim that their version of the bill will be better than the version passed by the House – but they’re refusing to show it to us so we can judge for ourselves. The Senate...

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ACTION ALERT: It’s Not Over Yet

| Ianthe Dempsey

This afternoon, the House of Representatives passed the ACA repeal bill. ASAN’s statement on the bill is here, but the short version is that this final version is a disaster for people with disabilities. If passed by the Senate, this bill will:   Leave 24 million people without health...

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ASAN Condemns House Vote on American Health Care Act

| Ianthe Dempsey

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) condemns today’s vote by the House of Representatives to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The AHCA, if passed by the Senate, would slash Medicaid supports for Autistic adults and others with disabilities. It would also make health insurance unaffordable for millions...

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CALLS NEEDED – Congress votes on ACA repeal TODAY!

| Ianthe Dempsey

Congress is rushing the ACA repeal bill to a vote TODAY. Some last-minute changes have gotten them closer to having the votes they need to pass this devastating bill. Congress knows that what this bill does is wrong–and they want to pass it anyway. But they’re scared of you,...

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ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress: Hands Off Our Health Care!

| Ianthe Dempsey

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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ACTION ALERT: Your Members of Congress are home – tell them what you think!

| Ianthe Dempsey

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

| JuliaBascom

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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