Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

LISTEN UP

Okay, folks, the loud yam’s newest version of the ACHA just dropped.  This is serious stuff.

Here is the bill for any masochists/people who speak legalese, if you want to read it.  It is not profoundly different from the bill passed by the House in May, despite promises to do a top-to-bottom rewrite.

The Senate Republicans want a vote by next Thursday–one week from releasing the bill.  Anyone not involved in actually writing the thing is now seeing it for the first time.

The upshot of this is that they’re trying to rush the bill through the Senate in hopes that people won’t have a chance to offer any resistance.  The bill is planning to cut massive amounts of money from MedicAid (potentially $800 billion), which will predominantly affect poor and rural Americans, as well as removing many if not all of the protections currently in place for those with pre-existing conditions.  Those pre-existing conditions aren’t just major medical problems, either–everything from depression to acne to pregnancy is a potential disqualifier from insurance.

This bill will cost lives.

If you’ve been talking a big political game, this is your chance to put your money where your mouth is.  

If you’ve already been really politically involved, I’m so glad, keep up the good work.  

CALL YOUR SENATORS.

REMIND THEM THAT THEY WORK FOR YOU.

URGE THEM TO VOTE AGAINST THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ACT.

If you have phone anxiety, look into the Stance app.  If you don’t know what to say, I can help you write a script that you can read straight off the screen.  If you’re low on spoons, I can think of like four people off the top of my head who will make the call for you.  

Make it personal with your senators, because this bill is personal.  For a lot of people, this bill is life or death.

EDIT: Post made on June 22, 2017