Michigan officials have failed residents of Flint, Michigan. A state-appointed emergency manager switched Flint’s water supply to the Flint River in an attempt to cut costs. The water from the Flint River needed treatment to make it drinkable, but officials didn’t want to spend the small amount of money necessary to treat it. Instead, they dismissed complaints about the water from Flint residents for months, as lead contaminated the city’s water. Now, thousands will deal with the effects of lead poisoning for the rest of their lives. Tell Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to ensure every affected citizen is provided with free long-term care.

Many lives are being devastated by the irreversible damage genital lichen sclerosus is causing. I have this disease and moderate a support group for it, so I know of its negative, life-changing effects. We need to know the cause and and at least have more medical professionals able to diagnosis and effectively treat LS - the average delay of diagnosis is two years because of misdiagnosis.

Many lives are being devastated by the irreversible damage genital lichen sclerosus is causing. I have this disease and moderate a support group for it, so I know of its negative, life-changing effects. We need to know the cause and and at least have more medical professionals able to diagnosis and effectively treat LS - the average delay of diagnosis is two years because of misdiagnosis.

This petition is about saving the lives of thousands of women in Wisconsin and making healthcare readily available to them when they need it.

My wife and mother of my children died of metastatic breast cancer last month. She was but one of the tens of thousands of women who die from this disease every year in the U.S.A. Not much has been done to find a cure.

In my senior year of high school, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease -- a chronic illness that I continue to struggle with every day. In college, my illness would sometimes cause me to miss class. Now, as I’m entering the workforce, I can’t help but worry what will happen when I get sick and have to miss work. Will I lose paychecks? Will I lose jobs? I’m not the only one dealing with this. Thousands and thousands of New Hampshire workers share these fears every day. Join me in demanding answers from our presidential candidates.

This petition is aimed to put a stop to the needle exchange proposed at 65 Town Hall Sq in Falmouth, Ma. The heroin epidemic has become out of control in Falmouth and we believe this needle exchange will only make it worse. Would you want to see, or worse, your kids to see someone shooting up while you are bowling, taking care of any business at Town Hall or going for a walk on Main St? I certainly don't! The next logical step is a methodone clinic, then a homeless shelter and then we become Brockton by the Sea. This will make a once great town into a town no tourist will want to travel to or any current resident will want to stay in. This is not designed to go after the addicts. If this was a program to help addicts seek recovery, we wouldn't have an issue. A needle exchange is the town saying "it's okay to shoot up here and as a matter of fact we encourage it." Please do your part and sign this petition to keep Falmouth beautiful. A needle exchange will cause more problems than anyone realizes.

To submit a bill to pass the thomas jake chastain law:make mandatory 30 days treatment on any heroin overdose survivors.nobody addicted to heroin denied treatment.Jake was not my first but i pray hes my last friend that has to die of a heroin overdose after being revived 4 times,I've watched my friends bury their kids.praying to god the next ones not mine.if we can't rid the heroin we need to open heroin addiction clinics throughout the Commonwealth of paulding county and any county touching paulding co

There are approximately 100,000,000 Chronic Pain Patients living in the United States. To treat those hundred million Chronic Pain Patients, there are only 2,500 Pain Specialist. That is 40,000 patients per doctor. As a result, most Chronic Pain Patients end up relying on their Primary Care Physicians to prescribe medications and treatments. With the restrictions on opiates that already exist, many Primary Care Physicians already will not treat Chronic Pain Patients. Added restrictions will only further prevent adequate care and pain relief, and will further stigmatize Chronic pain patients as addicts. Only about 2% of Chronic Pain Patients end up abusing their medications. Chronic pain patients don’t want to have to take these medications any more than a cancer patient wants chemotherapy. But they have no choice. Chronic Pain Patients are the ones who will be the most affected by changes in prescribing guidelines, however they are not the ones abusing, selling, or trafficking these medications. By setting limits on the amount of opiates that can be prescribed, it takes the medications away from the patients that need them most. Chronic Pain Patients are two to three times more likely to commit suicide mostly because of inadequate pain care. Are their lives less valuable than the life of an addict? A solution must be found that treats addiction while still ensuring proper and adequate care for Chronic Pain Patients. We demand that Bernie Sanders change his policy in regards to limiting the amount of opiates prescribed. We also demand that Bernie Sanders sit down with Disabled Americans for Change and representatives from other chronic pain groups to discuss this issue, as well as other concerns held by the disabled community. It is time to acknowledge the disabled and to give them a place not only in your policy, but in your campaign. We demand representation. www.DisabledAmericansForChange.org

This is a social justice issue. Health is essential to a good life. Although health care is not perfect, without it people cannot prevent disease or maintain their health. I just learned that my Medicare B annual deductible increased, but Social Security remains stagnant in 2016 with no COLA. Though this is minor, others deprived of ACA health insurance will suffer greatly!

I'm sick of people dying and being locked away for stupid reasons.

I am writing to demand a response from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Congress regarding the April 2015 letter to the IOM from Erin Brockovich and others that was cc’d to thirty members of Congress. It concerned the ‘dietary reference intake’ (DRI) of fluoride established in 1997. The DRI determination was based on the IOM Food and Nutrition Board’s faulty assumption that fluoride, which is neither a mineral or nutrient, was an element that provided a significant dental benefit and had no known adverse health effects up to 10 mgs. per day. The weight of the evidence since 1997 summarized on page 16 of that letter confirms that even at very low doses: - Fluoride is an enzyme poison and an endocrine disruptor - Fluoride is a potent adjuvant… causing or worsening allergies - Fluoride is a proliferative agent... causing or worsening inflammation - Fluoride accumulates in bones and tissue... causing or worsening arthritis and other ailments - Fluoride impacts thyroid hormones… resulting in both hypo and hyper disorders - Fluoride interferes with glucose metabolism… a concern for diabetics - Fluoride causes dental fluorosis… disproportionately by race and social economic status - Fluoride is neurotoxic to fetuses, infants and young children… resulting in permanent deficits - Fluoride is a burden to kidneys... resulting in increased fluoride retention and possible renal damage in those with kidney disease. The 2015 Cochrane Review of fluoridation literature was published in June. Its findings are consistent with the 2000 York Review and earlier critiques referenced in the April letter. Cochrane oral health panelists found no evidence that fluoridation benefits the poor, no evidence of safety, and only low quality limited evidence of minimal reduction in cavities from poorly designed studies that they characterized as having “high risk of bias.” Cochrane voiced low confidence in this evidence of benefit. The Cochrane panel also confirmed the fact agreed to by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that fluoridation causes dental fluorosis in approximately half the population living in fluoridated communities, with about 12.5% finding the fluorosis to be ‘aesthetically displeasing.’ I am confident that an honest examination of 21st century science by the IOM and of the law by Congress, not colored by the machinations of biased agencies defending their reputations and advocacy groups who emphasize endorsements of policy rather than scientific evidence, will result in Congress and the Food and Nutrition Board of the IOM agreeing with 2006 National Research Council Fluoride in Drinking Water panelist, Dr. Robert Isaacson, who said, “The addition of fluorides to drinking water was, and is, a mistake.” Congress, you have the power to instruct the IOM to respond to the April 27, 2015 letter (see attached link). The health and welfare of your constituents depend on it. https://www.aaemonline.org/pdf/LetterIOM_2015.04.27.pdf