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From bad to worse!

The very bad, truly damaging, takes-healthcare-away-from-24-million-people Trumpcare/American Health Care Act (AHCA) is reportedly going to be voted on this week—and extremist lawmakers have added new provisions that make it even worse than it was a month ago!

*Make a quick call NOW to tell your lawmaker to vote “NO!” on the bad Trumpcare bill: 1-888-668-8919

We didn’t think the Trumpcare/American Health Care Act (AHCA) proposal could be worse than it was a month ago, but it is: on top of repealing the Affordable Care Act and making massive cuts to Medicaid, it would also gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

News reports are saying Congress is about to vote on this bad bill. So we need to raise our voices now to prevent this disaster from moving forward before it’s too late.

**Can you make a quick call to your U.S. Representative NOW and tell them: Vote “No!” on the American Health Care Act (AHCA)/Trumpcare that would strip health care from millions? Use our hotline and we’ll walk you through the easy process: 1-888-668-8919

The time is now. Let’s keep up the pressure! Your voice, your phone calls, your signing onto letters is having an impact in stopping the truly outrageous and damaging health care proposal by Trump and the U.S. House Republicans. You are being heard!

How do we know? In March, the U.S. House pulled the damaging Trumpcare/AHCA from the floor after they couldn’t build enough support to pass it because so many people raised concerns that it gave billions in tax cuts to the wealthy while taking health care away from 24 million people, gutting Medicaid, and making coverage less affordable.

Since then, Republican leadership has been trying to build consensus amongst the most extreme members of their party so they can bring the bad bill up for a vote again. Unfortunately, and unbelievably, they now have a new additional very bad, no good, horrible idea of gutting protections for people with pre-existing conditions through the so-called MacArthur Amendment!

We can not let them take our families’ health care security away!

**Can you make a quick call to your U.S. Representative NOW and tell them: Vote “No!” on the American Health Care Act/Trumpcare? Use our hotline and we’ll walk you through the process: 1-888-668-8919

It’s easy and just takes a minute of your time. When you call, you’ll hear a brief recording from me and then be routed to your U.S. Representative’s office. Tell the person who answers the phone that you live in their state and that your member of Congress should vote “NO!” on the American Health Care Act (AHCA)/Trumpcare. It’s that simple!

We can win this if we turn up the pressure! Momentum is growing across the U.S. to stop this terrible bill and polls show that only 17% of the public approves of the proposed health care law. This is no surprise because the AHCA/Trumpcare, as currently written, will cost lives and hurt our economy.

But it’s not too late to stop this terrible bill from becoming law!

Why is this bill so very bad? Well, the bill started out by stripping health care from tens of million of people—and now in a callous attempt to win over the more extreme members of the conservative right, U.S. House Republican leaders are adding several even more dangerous provisions that threaten the health and wellbeing of women and families to their health care bill. These changes would gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions and remove the requirement for insurance providers to cover essential health benefits like maternity care, mental health services, preventive care, and prescription drug coverage.

This is not how we lift families and build our economy. This is how we break our nation down. We need YOU to speak out NOW! Just dial 1-888-668-8919 and we’ll connect you.

It’s abundantly clear, the American people overwhelmingly want to keep the progress we’ve made in recent years in health care coverage. Over the recent Congressional recess, concerned people all across the country attended Town Halls to voice their concerns about health care and express opposition to the AHCA.

Further harming the health of women and families, the American Health Care Act would defund Planned Parenthood, cutting off health care—including birth control, cancer screenings and other essential health services—for millions of low-income women, those who have no other health care provider. Blocking access to care at Planned Parenthood hurts communities that are struggling to get by the most, as well as communities of color who face systemic barriers to care.

To be clear, the enactment of the AHCA/Trumpcare would be an absolute crisis for our nation, particularly for those who are in vulnerable communities, including: low-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and the elderly; with a compounding impact in Black, Latinx, Asian, Native American, and LGBTQ+ communities. The House must reject it!

It’s critical that your member of Congress hears from you today! We need YOU to speak out NOW! Just dial 1-888-668-8919 and we’ll connect you.

The time to call is now. Moms, dads, and concerned people are speaking out and it’s making a difference! Let’s keep up the pressure!


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