Mosquito season is arriving, and the Center for Disease Control just warned that there's an urgent threat of a Zika outbreak in the United States. How did Congress respond? By taking a two-week vacation—in spite of Democrats' push to stay on and pass an emergency bill. Republicans have been insisting that funds to fight Zika come out of the money already set aside to fight Ebola. That's madness. We shouldn't have to choose between Ebola and Zika—it's our government's job to protect us from both. Please sign and share this petition to urge members of Congress to get their act together and protect the public!

Governor Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature eliminated IRIS, the nation's largest self-directed services program, in the 2015-2017 WI state budget when they voted to completely overhaul our long-term care system in favor of big insurance taking over. The people did not want this and aging and disability experts advised against it. The WI Department of Health Services & legislators said this overhaul had to happen to control costs. Facts show that this is not true. Health care costs, the real cost-driver, can be addressed without disrupting our long-term care system. We ask the legislature to listen to the people & the experts and to follow the facts, not the big insurance lobby. Please Save IRIS and leave Family Care alone.

There have been a number of bills introduced and a lot of talk about the issue, but none that's gotten a passing vote. As the virus starts in on many parts of the United States, those with poor access to health care are most affected. As a Florida resident, I'm concerned for my neighbors, and myself, and want to see my leaders act to help us.

As a veteran, it strikes close to home for me to see fellow vets and other poor citizens in need of healthcare go without. Edited to add: because my petition has signers, I can't update the text of the petition, all I can do is change the title(which I did) and put a note in here that the actual program we are looking to expand in NE is Medicaid, NOT Medicare. Sorry for all the confusion this has caused.

The FDA has ruled that all vape technology is considered tobacco products. This means that small businesses and thousands of jobs that can't afford to pay the millions of dollars in testing will be lost and the FDA will earn more money from giant tobacco companies and big pharmaceutical companies. We must stop this over-step. This ruling means that the vaping industry will come to a grinding hault and many people who have successfully quit smoking will be forced back to cigarettes. This means more money for big tobacco and more money to big pharmaceutical companies. We finally have a safer solution to the smoking epidemic, but our government ignores this fact because it will lose money. Millions of lives can be saved with this new technology, yet the FDA is seeking to stop it before it can be widely accepted. I urge our local, state, and federal governments to fight back towards the FDA and tell them that this kind of obstruction will not stand.

Because i have worked with victims of drug abuse in northeast Montana for many years, I see there is a need for an organization like this, as many children are lost in a system that is overburdened with these types of problems.

As stated, marijuana is a natural plant. It could help with MANY illnesses. Cannabis has been proven scientifically to help cancer patients and those who suffer with appetite loss . Even anxiety and mental illnesses have been helped as well as ADD, ADHD are a few others. It HELPS people, and not hurt them.

Being the guardian of a resident, it is my moral responsibility to keep a promise to her late mother that I would not abandon her daughter. Kindly sign this petition and pass it on to your friends. Thank you. Hedwige

Hold the CDC accountable for the destruction of evidence, lying to Congress, for the sake of saving face & lying to Congress. While our children babies, are dying, being maimed with horrified parents. And no one from the CDC has gone to jail yet.

As an Army combat veteran rated at 10% disability, I was declined any dental care for years. Due to repeated infections and hospital stays, I am relying on a GoFundme that my mother put together so I can get dentures. Dental care is not a luxury; neglect will kill veterans. It almost killed me. Please help others, it's too late for me.

On May 4, the Illinois Human Services Committee passed HB 5736 with bi-partisan support. The bill extends the expiration date of Illinois' All Kids program from July 1, 2016 to October 1, 2019. Without this extension, 41,000 low-income children would be without health insurance in Illinois. The Governor has committed to sign the bill should it reach his desk! We need to ensure that the Senate approves the bill. Thank you! Learn more about HC3 by liking us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthycommunitiescookcounty/

I am starting this petition in hopes to spread awareness about Sickle Cell and how it is underfunded. Sickle Cell deserves more attention and I feel that a petition has a wide outreach, gaining awareness and starting a conversation for change is my ultimate goal. Some of the symptoms for Sickle Cell are pain in the limbs, strokes, excessive fatigue, and a weakened immune system. All of those symptoms cause for the life expectancy for a person with Sickle Cell to be under 50 years old. Some people are still simply unaware that they carry the Sickle Cell Disease trait. This must change, and I feel funding and awareness are some of the main ways to combat this disease. I can not do this alone and that is why I am asking for as many signatures I can get. Cystic Fibrosis is a disease very similar to SIckle Cell. 30,000 people suffer from Cystic Fibrosis in the United States and 70,000 Worldwide. In 2015 the NIH reported that Cystic Fibrosis made $80 million meanwhile Sickle Cell made $75 million. Sickle Cell affects more than double the amount of people Cystic Fibrosis does. Even though Sickle Cell is more common the funding and research numbers would not show that. I am an 18 year old Senior at New Haven Academy and am living with Sickle Cell disease; I know first hand the toll it can have on someone and their family. Funding for Sickle Cell can go toward screening for the Sickle Cell trait, more research, and better inpatient and outpatient care. Those are just some of the many things funding for Sickle Cell can do. I personally thank everyone who even takes the time to read this because you too are making a case for change. This petition is not just for me, it is for the hundreds and thousands of patients battling this chronic illness everyday.