I am a teacher, and like most teachers, a woman who has the South Carolina State Health Plan. Women are not being given the coverage we need/deserve for our annual visit to the gynecologist. Instead, we have to pay out of pocket $135 or more. The state health insurance plan does not cover a basic visit, let alone the additional services of checking for HPV, STD's, etc. This is an issue of basic human rights, which is sickening to me and needs to be changed ASAP.

I AM DESPERATE IN GETTING MY DISABILITY THAT I DESERVED. I AM 52 YEARS OLD. I HAVE WORKED ALL MY LIFE AND NOW THAT I NEED HELP, NO ONE WANTS TO HELP ME. I AM BEGGING FOR SOME ASSISTANTS WITH THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE TO APPROVE MY APPEAL. IF IT WAS'NT FOR OBAMA CARE PROGRAM, THAN I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ALL OF MY MEDICAL EXPENSE'S. ONE MORE THING=== I COULD LOSE EVERY THING I WORK FOR, MY LAND AND BE OUT ON THE STREETS BECAUSE I CAN NOT WORK AND ONE THING THAT IS BIG=== NO ONE WOULD HIRE ME WITH MY DISABILITY ISSUES. .... " PLEASE HELP!! "" THANKS, FRANCES OSMON

I am Board Certified in Palliative and Hospice, and have seen the lack of care given to Veterans.

In 2008, Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital closed. The South LA community lost its community hospital. The doctors, nurses, and therapists who worked there lost their jobs. We need more healthcare choices so that residents who have Covered California or MediCal can receive healthcare near where we live. We want healthcare vouchers that can be redeemed for healthcare from any licensed doctor, dentist, or therapist who practices in South LA.

One of the greatest loves of my life, my niece who I raised as my daughter, had a psychotic break June 2011. She stabbed me and killed herself. We never saw this coming!!! I started a national non-profit, Mental Health In The African American Community, Inc. We are a 501c3 agency. We need funds to execute our grassroots mental health programs. Please release federal funds so we can save lives and enhance lives in the African American Community. America is experiencing a major mental illness epidemic in the African American Community. We must remove the stigma and break the chains of silence of mental illness so people can receive the professional help that they need. Help us with this fight!!! Please post this petition on your Facebook and other social media sites. Forward this email to your contacts. Help us achieve our monthly goal, which is to get 1,000 signatures a month. We would like to deliver 5,000 signatures to President Obama in April 2015. I encourage you to include comments because I read all of them. Also, your comments will be delivered to President Obama. Carolyn McKenzie

Psychologists with advanced training in psychopharmacology have been prescribing safely for decades without incident in other states and the military, and it's time for Hawaii to pass a law that will help it's people.

Dr. Vivek Murthy was nominated for the position of Surgeon General a year ago. He is eminently qualified for the position and endorsed by former Surgeon Generals and every medical organization. But NRA has opposed the nomination because of his comment on how gun violence has become a health issue. NRA has sent a letter to every senator indicating that it will score the vote, and Senator Harry Reid has refused to bring the nomination for vote out of fear of NRA, and the whole Indian-American community is furious with the situation. Now there are only two weeks left - this is urgent.

Aging seniors in the U.S.A. and all their caretakers -- which often includes their own children -- are in severe danger of losing the ability to pay for medications prescribed them by their physicians, as the cost of generic drugs inexplicably soars in the United States.

My son died of a heroin overdose. We tried in vain to get him the help he needed, but we were only given 5-7 days in detox. He hated his addiction. One month before he died I cried , pleaded with his probation officer to please send him somewhere where he could stay to get the help he need. All I got back was we're doing the best we can with what we've got, and that he hasn't harmed anyone yet. I said to them, is that what it takes to place someone in harm's way before the system helps? I want this petition so that his death was not in vain. He was such a kind, successful, loving man.

NYS is about to vote on including or eliminating Out of Network benefits on the NYS of Health Insurance Exchange policies. This will directly effect patients in Psychotherapy, making it impossible for thousands of patients to pay for therapy without Out-of-Network benefits, interrupting their therapeutic relationship in the middle of treatment. This is a danger to their well-being. Sign to insist that Out of Network benfits are a required option on the NYS of Health website policies.

Current lack of enforcement ignores growing threats of Bakken oil explosions so extensive and toxic, fire chiefs have testified that "even if we had an infinite amount of foam," the fires and toxic emissions would continue until all fuel had been exhausted, killing people and destroying wide swaths of land and riverbanks as they burned. Railroads are making secret decisions and hiding documents to such an extent, the federal Department of Transportation says it’s "impossible to know" to what extent railroads have prioritized or ignored safety in choosing routes. Railroads have also lobbied against federal regulatory efforts aimed at retrofitting tank cars for greater safety. Congress and the White House, Homeland Security and the FRA need to address the danger of Bakken oil explosions before disaster strikes.

Doctor choice is critical in all aspects of health care, but especially in mental health care, where the relationship with one's provider is critical. Therefore "Out-of-Network" benefits area are a necessity for patients.