National Day of Action
Protect Our Healthcare: Emergency Action to Save Medicaid
Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 28
12 Noon – 1:00pm
San Francisco Federal Building
90 – 7th Street
San Francisco
Senate Republicans are rushing to vote on healthcare repeal. Their bill was secretly authored.
Last week people with disabilities were dragged out of their wheelchairs at Sen. McConnell’s office:
Update: As of Tuesday morning – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was delayed the vote
for the health care repeal! The vote will occur after the July 4th recess.
Please come out tomorrow and continue to make the calls. Info below!
Sponsors: SF Senior & Disability Action, SF Rising Alliance, Bay Resistance, SEIU 1021
Why the Health Care Repeal Bill is Dangerous
If the Health Care Repeal Bill passes:
– It would strip health care for nearly 23 million Americans
– It would cut Medicaid (which funds low-income health care by $800 billion)
– 3 Million children would lose their healthcare
– seniors and people with disabilities will suffer
– It also proposes to undermine protections for those with pre-existing conditions
– Raise premiums and deductibles for millions more
Who benefits:
– It will pay for $600 billion tax cuts to drug, insurance companies and the very wealthy
Please make these calls!
URGENT: the Senate is NOT hearing the same amount of outrage from the public about their bill as the House heard about the House bill. The Senate bill is going for a vote after the July 4th recess, We were told that the following Senators are most on the fence (listed in priority order), and they need calls NOW from everyone – especially from people in their state. If possible ask to speak to the legislative aid for healthcare (names + emails provided).
Sen. Heller (Nevada) (202)-224-6244 – Legislative assistant: Rachel Green rachel_green@heller.senate.gov
Sen. Collins (Maine) (202)224-2523 – Legislative aide: Elizabeth Allen – Elizabeth_Allen@aging.senate.gov
Sen. Murkowski (Alaska) (202)-224-6665 – Legislative assistant: Morgan Griffin – morgan_griffin@murkowski.senate.gov
Sen. Capito (West Virginia): 202-224-6472 – Legislative assistant: Dana Ricther – dana_richter@capito.senate.gov
Sen. Cassidy (Louisiana) (202) 224-5824 – Senior Health Policy Advisor: Matt Gallivan – matthew_gallivan@cassidy.senate.gov
Sen. Flake (Arizona) 202-224-4521- Legislative Assistant: Helen Heiden – helen_heiden@flake.senate.gov
Sen. Gardner (Colorado) (202) 224-5941- Legislative Director: Curtis Swager – curtis_swager@gardner.senate.gov
Sen. Portman (Ohio) (202)-224-3353 – Healthcare Legislative assistant: Sarah Schmidt – sarah_schmidt@portman.senate.gov
Sen. Cruz (Texas) (202) 224-5922 – Legislative counsel: Joel Heimbach – joel_heimbach@cruz.senate.gov
Sen. Paul (Kentucky) (202) 224-4343 – Legislative assistant: Natalie Burkhalter – natalie_burkhalter@paul.senate.gov
Sen. Lee (Utah) (202) 224-5444 – Legislative director: Christy Woodruff – christy_woodruff@lee.senate.gov
Sen. Sasse (Nebraska) (202) 224-4224 – Legislative assistant: Jessica Smith – jessica_smith@sasse.senate.gov
Sample script:
Call Your Senator Every Day Until July 4th – Dial 1-888-200-5389 (Toll Free) and use the following script:
“My name is __Your Name__ . I am calling to tell ___Name of Senator___ to oppose the Senate healthcare plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This bill would leave many children, families, and vulnerable communities without access to healthcare. I urge ___Name of Senator___ to vote against it.”
Call the California Senators and URGE them to Support Single Payer Health Insurance!
Sen. Feinstein (202) 224-3841 – Legislative assistant: Megan Thompson – megan_thompson@feinstein.senate.gov
Sen. Harris (202) 224-3553 – Legislative assistant: Grant Barbosa – grant_barbosa@harris.senate.gov
