Thursday, June 22nd

(Adapted from Rogan's List)

Emotions and actions continue to run high about the secretive Senate health care process.

As reported today in The Guardian, "The Senate’s 142-page proposal, unveiled on Thursday, would eliminate or reduce key benefits provided by Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act; lower taxes for the wealthy; strip funding from the women’s reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood; and dramatically cut and restructure Medicaid, America’s public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans....Experts believe the legislation could leave millions of Americans without health insurance, and could have a stark impact on vulnerable populations such as people recovering from addiction, ageing middle-class baby boomers, and women and children."

Meanwhile, Senate Democrats held the floor recently to shine light on the flaws of the male-only, closed meetings, as reported by Reuters this week: "Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said that the closed-door Republican meetings on healthcare amounted to "the most glaring departure from normal legislative procedure that I have ever seen."

"Republicans are writing their healthcare bill under the cover of darkness because they are ashamed of it," Schumer charged. The resulting legislation would likely throw millions out of health insurance, he said, while granting "a big fat tax break for the wealthiest among us."

Action You Can Take Today

Although it is sometimes unbearably boring to keep calling and writing to the same people all the time, they still need to hear from you, all the time.  

• Please thank our Senator Chuck Schumer for navigating these unprecedented times.
  You can find his contact info here: http://www.philipstowndemocrats.org/senator_chuck_schumer
  
  
• While you're at it, thank our Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for her stand on protecting our healthcare too.  
  You can find her contact info here: http://www.philipstowndemocrats.org/senator_kirsten_gillibrand

Wednesday, June 14th

(Adapted from Rogan's List and Indivisible)

The Senate is trying to do what the House of Representatives did in May: jam through its TrumpCare bill in secrecy, without public hearings, without a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score, and without knowing its full impact on American families.

The Senate is trying to do what the House of Representatives did in May: jam through its TrumpCare bill in secrecy, without public hearings, without a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score, and without knowing its full impact on American families.

TrumpCare bill (American Health Care Act, or AHCA) would strip coverage from at least 23 million people and cut Medicaid by $800 billion, in order to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations. It would also undermine critical protections for people with pre-existing conditions, defund Planned Parenthood, and raise premiums for American families.

Action You Can Take Today

All day on June 14th, call our US Senators and tell them to reject TrumpCare and the Senate Committee's closed-room deal to take health care away from 23 million people. Get started at: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/resource/stop-trumpcare-senate-call-script/

Contact information:

• Senator Chuck Schumer
• Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
  

Bonus Action

Once you've called our senators, you can join the ACA Defenders in making sure folks in key states call their senators too here: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMiCjyVEprsCak0eifPbNorKx-C86ygqSasdbbLaA4gX874g/viewform

(Adapted from Center for American Progress Action Fund)

The House vote on TrumpCare is Thursday, March 23rd. This vote is far from a sure thing! More than two dozen House Republicans have said they are considering voting against the bill, which is all we need to defeat TrumpCare. 

There's still more we can do. Find out how TrumpCare would impact communities - take a look at this interactive map.  

Then use this toolkit with numbers and shareables, sample tweets, and sample call scripts to contact the representatives we need to vote no.