Nationwide Healthcare Call In Day

Ask Your Senators to Protect Healthcare for 13 Million Americans 

Our fight for quality and affordable healthcare continues. The Senate is attempting to undermine healthcare protections again. Senate leadership added a provision to its current tax bill that will repeal the requirement for most people to have health insurance. That requirement is known as the "individual mandate." 

The latest proposal would leave 13 million Americans without healthcare coverage and increase health insurance premiums by at least 10 percent or even more, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). 

Today is a special call-in day that the American Lung Association organized with other patient advocacy organizations—and we're asking EVERYONE to call both your Senators today and ask them not to repeal the individual mandate in the Senate tax bill. 

Rather than weakening healthcare, we would like the Senate to focus on the bipartisan Alexander-Murray legislation that would help stabilize the state insurance marketplaces, provide states more flexibility and ensure patient protections. We support this bill because it will help patients have quality and affordable healthcare—instead of making healthcare more expensive. 

Ask your Senators not to repeal the individual mandate in the tax bill today. You can find your Senators’ phone numbers by visiting our online directory or calling the Capitol switchboard at 202–224–3121. 

What to say when you call your Senators:

My name is (insert name) and i'm calling from (insert state).
I'm calling today to ask Senator [insert name] to protect healthcare for 13 
million Americans who would lose their coverage and to oppose repealing the 
individual mandate in the tax bill.
I know how important healthcare is for my family and me. Repealing the 
individual mandate will result in 13 million Americans losing their healthcare and 
premiums will increase for millions more.
[Share 1-2 sentences about why healthcare is important to you].
Can I count on Senator [insert name] to oppose repealing the individual 
mandate in the tax bill?
Thank you.

Sincerely,

Harold P. Wimmer
National President and CEO
American Lung Association 

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