The side affects from the vaccines and the preservatives used in them have been proven to cause the onset of may horrible conditions and diseases. I DO NOT want to take that risk.

It's wrong for selfish governors to turn away the possibility of health coverage for the working poor while basking in their own benefits that those same poor people pay for them to have.

According to the UC Berkeley Labor Center, between 80,000 and 98,000 Contra Costa County residents are estimated to remain uninsured this year. People without health care coverage generally wait to seek care until they are seriously ill. In many cases, health problems that could have been avoided with preventative care or treated early for little cost become significant and costly health issues. The impacts of this include increased demand on emergency services and increased costs to our healthcare system. Let’s build a healthier, stronger, and more prosperous Contra Costa County by ensuring access to healthcare for all.

My son attends grade school in Wisconsin and I want him to be safe at school and on the playground. Eliminating the 48-hour waiting period will put all Wisconsin families at risk.

Georgia hospitals need the funding allowed under the Affordable Care Act to care for sick and injured people. By not accepting the increased funding offered by Obamacare, millions of Georgians are negatively affected, hospitals are weakened, and many are closing or reducing services.

The misuse of antibiotics on factory farms - routinely feeding antibiotics to healthy animals to boost profits and compensate for filthy living conditions - is threatening our public health. The vast majority (80%) of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on factory farms, which makes these life-saving medicines less effective when we really need them. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2 million people contract antibiotic-resistant infections each year, resulting in at least 23,000 deaths. Tell your council members to take a stand for public health by passing a resolution calling for a federal ban on the use of antibiotics for animals that are not sick!

When a municipality creates ordinances and takes actions via citizen votes to control the power and proliferation of Biotech companies the result is a lawsuit by the chemical corporations. While the energy of the people is tied up in battling lawsuits from Biotech, chemical companies continue to push through ever-increasing numbers of patents to make trees, fish, vaccines and other GE products. We believe it is imperative that the Federal Government take a time out to study the overwhelming evidence that Genetic Engineering involves dire risk and consequences to human and animal health, to the economy and future of sound food systems. We are demanding a Moratorium to give time for review of important studies that have recently determined that GMOs and toxic chemicals and practices used in these systems are dangerous to health, the environment, our economy and a sustainable future.

Dear Colleagues in Faith, I am the Reverend Kathleen Peters, pastor of the United Church of Chester, United Church of Christ, and the mother of a 31 year old intellectually disabled young adult who lives at home with my husband and me. We and other families of disabled children with the Arc Connecticut have been fighting for just and fair treatment for our loved ones. Over the past thirty years there have been enormous cuts to the Department of Developmental Services, this year being the most profound and far reaching. For the first time, day program funding for 2016-2017 grads has been totally eliminated, vital Voluntary Services programs for Children and Adolescents has been cut 60% and residential/home supports have also been drastically cut. There will be no hope of any residential services until the death of both parents or other profound crisis. Please also urge members of your faith communities to speak out to your legislature about all cuts in services to our most vulnerable citizens. Not only is this a stressful personal situation for our family but it also one of great injustice. The care of our intellectually and developmentally disabled (I/DD) daughters and sons is what some of us have been calling a hidden and under-appreciated moral, social justice, and civil rights issue of our time. My husband and I and thousands of parents just like us cannot care for our children on our own. We need systems in place to ensure their care, especially after we are gone. Please feel free to contact me, Reverend Kathy Peters, at [email protected] /860-919-9030 or Shannon Jacovino Director of Advocacy & Public Policy The Arc Connecticut at [email protected] /860-246-6400. Sincerely, Reverend Kathy Peters

The current language in the law is old and outdated. If this bill passes it will remove the term 'Supervisory Physician' which prevents OB/GYNs from working with CNM's as they feel this term represents the fact they would be liable for the Midwife. This however is not true, but the Physician's Malpractice companies do not allow them to be associated with Midwives because of this term. If removed, it will allow for more Midwifery collaboration with Physicians and more access to midwives for women. At the moment Midwives have to have a Physician sign documents like rent agreements for the practice office and agreements with suppliers of equipment to run a practice, which is clearly discriminatory. Removing it will not change anything about collaboration and safety and I urge you to contact your own local representative as well. The Bill is due to be voted on tomorrow 4/28/2015 but please sign anytime. For more information go to: http://www.midwivespass1306.com/#!get-involved/c6kj

I suffer from seasonal depression. Stopping this would make my life so much easier to live.

In 2006, I started Kid's Count Pediatrics in Elkin, North Carolina. Because the patients we care for are the children of struggling families and chronically ill children, 85% of our practice is Medicaid compared to the National average of 22% for primary care providers. Because we do not turn away kids with Medicaid as their primary insurance, our practice makes 40-50% less than a traditional practice. The poor reimbursement rates plus the recent 20% pay cut (causing us to lose $3,000 a week in revenue since January 1st) leave us struggling to keep our doors open. If we close, where will these kids go? Kids don't choose their insurance, and all children deserve the same access to life saving treatments. Practices like Kid's Count Pediatrics offer a service to the community, but, by accepting government funded health insurance, we struggle to keep our doors open. Since the expiration of Medicaid Pay Parity on January 1st of 2015, our practice has so far lost $32,000. Please join us and the American Academy of Pediatrics in asking our government to reinstate Medicaid pay parity with back payment to January 1st so we can keep taking care of our kids.

Present rules prevent disabled people from seeing our doctors. We must tweak the rules!