Marijuana has been legalized in 20 States. It's proven to be a good, if not "great" medication to those in need. Several studies have been shown that Marijuana can treat everything from eye diseases, to restless leg syndrome, all the way to something as simple as insomnia. So, some people of Virginia are actually commiting crimes by having to illegally buy MEDICATION, to function and live a happy, ordinary life. When, in reality, the people of Virginia, should look into this drug and see how this could potentially un-crowd our jails and prisons as well as help some live a happy life in this great State. We should also look at the employment benefits, as well as how this could pontentially help our Government and debt by taxing the drug.

In a last ditch attempt to undermine the Affordable Care Act -- a.k.a. Obamacare -- California Republicans have launched a fake website (CoveringHealthcareCA.com) designed to capture those interested in the state's real Obamacare site: CoveredCA.com. California Republicans have promoted the fake site with tens of thousands of taxpayer-funded mailers to constituents. It sows fear and confusion by promoting misleading or outright false information and avoiding basic facts and benefits of the law. It's a politically motivated, unconscionable attempt to prevent sick people from getting the care they need. Disagreeing on a matter of public policy is one thing, but actively working to mislead voters and prevent them from accessing healthcare is unacceptable.

We need to stop ignoring the Heroin/Drug epidemic in this State/Country. We need more Drug Rehab Centers for people that can't afford to pay for one and without lengthy waiting lists. We also need to change the law so that we can have our addicts committed to rehab when their unable to make those decisions themselves. The Pharmaceutical Companies need to contribute to this cause with all the Billions they've made off of sick/weak people. Addiction is a disease and we need to treat it as such. We can't wait! We're losing our loved ones on a daily basis due to this disease. We need to wake up to this epidemic!! We need CHANGE!! Please don't ignore this.

Without the approval of this grant the school based health clinic on the Franklin campus will close, leaving many students without access to medical care and mental health counseling services.

I am disabled and my spouse is prohibited by state law to be my Personal Care Assistant (PCA).

We want to help Texas women and this includes your grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, co-workers, neighbors, friends, students, and most especially low-income women. The Texas Family Planning Program lost $73 million dollars during the 2011 legislative session. Thousands of Texas women have lost access to family planning services and low-cost healthcare. In 2012, the Women's Health Program lost it's federal funding due to Rick Perry's Affiliate Ban Rule. These setbacks have resulted in a 77 percent drop in the number of women being served by state health clinics and increased costs to taxpayers. Please consider signing our petition to restore equal funding to all family planning clinics, increase funding for the Women's Health Program and the Family Planning Program, and to integrate comprehensive sex education into school and clinic settings across Texas. Texas low-income women have lost access to family planning/birth control, well-woman exams, women's health education, breast/cervical cancer screenings, sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, and access to pregnancy termination. We need your help. Please sign our petition.

I have friends and family who have never had health insurance and under the Affordable Care Act they will finally be covered for health issues. It is only right that the most influential and richest country on the planet be active in providing the opportunity for their citizens to have health insurance coverage.

I work in the health care field and observe daily the negative impact of not expanding Medicaid is doing to our communities form an economic standpoint and a health standpoint.

My husband passed away earlier this year thus leaving my two college students and me without health insurance. Cobra offered me continued coverage, at an approximately cost of $2,000 per month. I am a 57 year old self employed woman with college tuitions, a mortgage and extremely limited income. Almost anyone could find him/herself without affordable care insurance at anytime in their life.

After not being admitted to a Mental Health facility due to the lack of an available bed, Gus Deeds went on to try and kill his father State Senator Creigh Deeds before taking his own life. Senator Deeds has said “I hope the justice we can get for my son is to force change in the delivery system for mental-health services.” Please stand with me, Senator Deeds and all of those that have been affected by mental illness in urging the Virginia State Legislature to act now. None of us are immune from the threat of mental illness.

I live among many homeless in downtown Seattle-poets, artists, vets, and those less known. Many are friends. ER is a rescue for them but at a terrible cost to their continued health and to the economy. They are not "the poor" or any other "category". There are us!

Republicans are falling over themselves to get to a microphone or TV camera to fuss in false overconcern for the 4-5 million citizens whose substandard insurance policies are being cancelled. Cancellation of policies has always been central to the market nature of the insurance business. These citizens can obtain another policy As an emergency physician I am face to face everyday with many of the 50 million of Americans until now locked out of insurance and good healthcare. While nowhere as good as single payer, the PPACA does protect many patients. We must thus protect the PPACA.