What You Can Do to Help Save the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
This is on some “Let them eat cake but have no diabetes medicine” shit right here. Here is Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (3rd L) sharing a laugh with Republican members of Congress after signing legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and to cut off federal funding of Planned Parenthood (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
My good friend Michelle just posted this on FB. If you can take just 10 mins out of tour day you might be able to help millions of Americans keep their health insurance, including myself. There is even a call script at the bottom:
ACTION ALERT: Time to do what we can to protect the ACA! Overnight, the Senate voted down party lines to begin the repeal of the life-saving Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The vote was to move forward with repeal under a budget reconciliation process — a move aimed at foreclosing any Democratic filibuster. Democrats valiantly opposed the move on the Senate floor — look up their speeches on CSPAN to watch how they defended this important law.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
The vote was on a party line vote, so there is NO NEED to call Democratic Senators — they’re already with us on this.
Over the next couple of weeks, we need to pressure moderate Republicans who have publicly expressed concern about repealing the law without a viable replacement. We need just three votes to stop attempts to repeal the law without a viable replacement.
Based on public statements, these are the Republican “pressure point” Senators who have expressed concern about repeal without a replacement:
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
(202) 224-4944
Twitter: @SenAlexader
Senator Bob Corker (R-TN)
(202) 224-3344
Twitter: @SenBobCorker
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)
(202) 224-2353
Twitter: @SenTomCotton
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH)
(202) 224-3353
Twitter: @RobPortman
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
(202) 224-2523
Twitter: @SenatorCollins
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
(202) 224-5824
Twitter: @BillCassidy
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
(202)-224-6665
Twitter: @lisamurkowski
CALL SCRIPT: “My name is X and I am deeply disappointed in Senator X’s vote to rush through the repeal of the Affordable Care Act yesterday. The law has saved lives across this country, and repealing it for the sake of scoring political points is shameful. I hope Senator X understands how irresponsible it would be to vote to repeal the law without a viable alternative that ensures affordable health care coverage and life-saving access to care for all. I hope they will be a NO VOTE if the Senate tries to repeal the law without a responsible replacement. Thank you.
Tip: If they ask if you are a constituent and you’re not, just say “I am not a constituent but the Senator’s vote directly affects me and my family, and I will make sure to let voters in his/her state know whether they made the right decision on this issue. Thank you.”
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