Tired of the loudmouths on TV?
Get tired of hearing the same loudmouths jabbering on about politics on TV? Us too.
That's why we're bringing the voices of MomsRising members to a national audience.
Voices like Kris Cambra, a Massachusetts MomsRising member, who the night of the vote to repeal health reform told ABC World News Tonight why as the mother of a four-year-old son with a heart condition she absolutely supports the Affordable Care Act. [1]
And Julie Walters, a California MomsRising member, who told the PBS Newshour a few weeks ago that without the Affordable Care Act, her two-year-old daughter Violet, who has a rare form of epilepsy, would likely hit her lifetime limits for insurance coverage by age four. [2]
And Dawn Josephson, a Florida MomsRising member, who spoke with HHS Secretary Sebelius on a call that was covered by CNN, ABC, and NPR about how critical it is that her son Wesley's eye condition is finally covered by her insurance because of the elimination of pre-existing conditions for children this year by the Affordable Care Act. [3]
That's right. Your voices, the voices of real moms, dads, and grandparents, are breaking through the din of the cable news networks!
*Help us continue to bring your genuine and wise voices to the forefront of the conversation about our children's future. Please donate to our health care campaign today!
https://action.momsrising.org/donate/health_care_voices_fundraiser/
This is a critical time to educate the public about the Affordable Care Act, which passed on March 23, 2010 and is already helping by stopping the practice of dropping people from coverage when they get sick, and ending pre-existing condition exclusions for children.
Even though Senate Majority Leader Reid has pledged not to take up the repeal vote in the Senate, we know that the forces in opposition to health care reform will not be that easily stopped. Though some very important provisions of health reform have already gone into the effect, the bulk of the provisions that will vastly expand coverage and consumer protections will not go into effect until 2014. Opponents of health care reform have pledged to dismantle and slow down the implementation as much as they can between now and then. Only building public support for and knowledge about the Affordable Care Act will stop them.
That's why we're hard at work bringing the voices of mothers forward to leaders, to the media, and across the country. As part of that effort, we're collecting stories from our members from all over the nation about how the Affordable Care Act is already helping families. Nearly one thousand of our members have already answered the call and shared their personal stories. We need your support to make sure these moving accounts are heard directly by every member of Congress in the nation, as well as through media coverage, through social media actions including video and blogs, and by bringing real moms and dads to DC to share their stories.
Please help us out get these stories heard by donating to our health care campaign now. Any amount will help!
https://action.momsrising.org/donate/health_care_voices_fundraiser/
These stories are amazing and are from every state in the nation!
Our nation is ready for some common sense solutions to the challenges facing our families. Our nation is ready and waiting for our voices.
It's our turn now to be heard. That's our story. And we're sticking with it.
[2] http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec10/healthcare_12-28.html
[3] http://abcnewsradioonline.com/politics-news/hhs-sec-sebelius-gop-effort-to-repeal-health-care-an-opportu.html
[3] http://www.npr.org/2011/01/18/133029190/White-House-Rallies-Support-For-Health-Law
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