Healthcare is a top priority to life and liberty. But it is getting so expensive, most people are afraid they will lose their homes and everything they have ever worked to achieve if they become sick or injured and are unable to pay their medical costs. Many people cannot get a job that offers insurance. Many employers are now contracting out their labor or turning jobs into part-time positions so they won't have to pay the cost of employee healthcare. The federal government has tried to help low-income people with the cost of the affordable healthcare premiums. However, the State of Utah is not helping these people at all. Instead, Utah is blocking the funds that have been offered by the federal government to offset the high price of insurance. I know many college graduates who cannot get a job in our current job market, and cannot afford healthcare. Every time an illness or accident comes along, they grapple with whether they can get through it this time without seeing a doctor or if they should go to the doctor and get more and more in debt. If they need tests, or x-rays, or heaven forbid medicine, how can they possibly afford that without insurance? No wonder so many people are becoming homeless. No wonder we have so many people who wander the streets. No wonder we have so much crime and mental health issues on our streets. It is because a lot of people cannot afford to get the help they need and deserve! It's time that our lawmakers act to fix this problem in Utah.

“Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era in which common infections and minor injuries, which have been treatable for decades, can once again kill.” - World Health Organization It’s not on the label, but the danger is real. Raising livestock and poultry on routine antibiotics is causing the growth and spread of superbugs—antibiotic-resistant bacteria—that could soon become one of the world’s #1 killers. We have a right to know when our food threatens our health. Seventy percent of medically-important antibiotics are used on livestock and poultry, often on animals that aren’t sick. This overuse can grow and spread drug-resistant bacteria, aka superbugs. If the meat that consumers purchase contributes to this rising public health crisis, that should be clear to see. Tell the USDA to label meat raised with routine antibiotics.

My sister is a breast cancer survivor. We need to support affordable copays for mammograms after the patients are cancer free to make sure the disease does not come back.

It is time for Kentucky to hear the voice of the people and repeal the failed attempt of cannabis prohibition. People need safe access to the specialized strains that they need for their conditions, not just whatever they can get on a black market. Cannabis can bring Kentucky into a new era. It can safely revive our failing economy by producing hundreds of new specialty businesses and creating well-paying jobs. The benefits and science behind the plant is well-documented. Make your voice heard and demand that the vote for the removal of prohibition is put on the ballot. After all, that is how democracy should work. Cannabis is safer than bourbon!

We refuse to let our hope be taken from us. Cannabis is MEDICINE.

My son Adam Cheli is gone because behavior therapy alone does not work. Give these people a fighting chance to change their lives around.

I've seen the effects of under-insurance first hand. I am a family physician and ER doctor in Lebanon, NH. I see so many people in the ER either inappropriately or who have waited too long and are sicker than they should be because they don't have health insurance.

I am a taxpaying citizen of the state of Louisiana. Please join me in letting our state officials know that every citizen in Louisiana deserves health care.

I know families that are really hurting because our state of Louisiana decided to opt out of expanding Medicaid for families that need healthcare. We see these are families everyday in our community that are working and can't afford to pay for healthcare.

It's time that my state progresses into this century.

I don't want to see people in this state go without a basic necessity like health care.

Expanded medicare provides healthcare for 40,000 New Hampshire citizens who previously were unable to get any health coverage. These hardworking people either had to go without care altogether, or their providers were forced to provide the care with no compensation. This program, which is currently entirely paid for out of federal funds, has proven invaluable to both recipients and providers.