The radicals over at the American Heart Association—and 15 other patient and provider groups—are opposing the Republican Graham-Cassidy health care bill, because “Affordable, adequate care is vital to the patients we represent. This legislation fails to provide Americans with what they need to maintain their health.”
Our organizations, instead, strongly support the bipartisan hearings spearheaded by Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and by Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in the Senate Finance Committee. These hearings, focused on market stabilization and other critical issues, represent a modest, yet promising first step towards addressing our nation’s health care challenges.
The American Heart Association is joined in this opposition to Graham-Cassidy by the ALS Association, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the American Diabetes Association, the American Lung Association, the Arthritis Foundation, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Family Voices, JDRF, Lutheran Services in America, the March of Dimes, the National Health Council, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the National Organization for Rare Diseases, Volunteers of America, and WomenHeart.
Is your Republican senator going to ignore all of those groups and vote yes on Graham-Cassidy? Call their office and find out.
We need you now, more than ever to make calls. Call your senator at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to vote NO on any repeal bill. (After you call, please tell us how it went.)