Call, email, use social media to tell your Senators to vote NO on the AHCA:

Sample Script: “My name is ________________, and I’m calling to tell you that I oppose, and expect you to oppose, the American Health Care Act. We’re not going back to a pre – ACA era where insurers could ignore the needs of people with disabilities and pre – existing conditions and everyone was one medical emergency away from bankruptcy. If you value the health and well – being of your constituents, you must speak and vote against the AHCA.”

Transcript:

My name is Ingrid Tischer and I live in California.

My pre-existing condition is muscular dystrophy with chronic respiratory failure.

Without healthcare coverage for preexisting conditions, I wouldn’t have a machine called a Bi-PAP S/T and I would have died in my sleep a long time ago from carbon dioxide narcosis. 

I wouldn’t have been able to keep walking for as long as I did because I wouldn’t have had orthotics. 

I wouldn’t have been able to transition to a wheelchair when I finally needed to.

Because of this, I would tell my senators to vote NO on the AHCA and against any legislation that protects profits over people.

Including people with preexisting conditions.

I am a preexisting condition.

Thank you, Rooted in Rights and National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)!