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ACTION ALERT: Today matters – we need your voice!

| Ianthe Dempsey

It’s incredible to watch our community of advocates in action. For months now, you’ve been putting in countless hours of your own time calling, emailing, showing up at offices, and rallying to save health care in America. Your persistence is paying off. Over the past couple days, the Senate...

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ACTION ALERT: LAST CHANCE to Save Health Care

| Ianthe Dempsey

Dear friends, The Senate plans to vote THIS WEEK to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The vote could come as early as TOMORROW – even though we still don’t know which of the recently proposed bills they’ll be voting on. But we do know that all of these bills...

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ACTION ALERT: Almost There On Health Care!

| Ianthe Dempsey

Dear friends, The Senate thought that this was the week they could repeal the Affordable Care Act and destroy Medicaid, but your persistence made them think twice. Last night, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that they didn’t have the votes–but there’s a catch. Now, in a last desperate...

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ACTION ALERT: Tell the Senate: It’s time to scrap this bill

| Ianthe Dempsey

We’ve won another week. The Senate thought that this was the week they could repeal the Affordable Care Act and destroy Medicaid, but your persistence made them think twice. Now they’re not sure they have the votes they need – but neither does our side. We need more Senators...

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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: It’s working – keep it up!

| Ianthe Dempsey

Your advocacy is working. After Senators’ offices began to receive a new wave of calls and protesters, the Senate has postponed their vote on the Affordable Care Act repeal bill. This is a good sign – Senators are worried about how this bill looks to the people they represent....

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ACTION ALERT: Here’s what YOU can do to stop the ACA repeal

| Ianthe Dempsey

Now is the time to act. Last week, ASAN stood with disabled protesters who staged a die-in in the nation’s capital, underscoring the message that if the Senate’s ACA repeal bill is passed, people will die as a direct result. If this bill passes, hundreds of billions of dollars...

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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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