Representative Dan Maffei why did you vote with House Republicans to delay the critical individual mandate for one year under Obamacare?

Rep. Cheri Bustos, explain why you voted with Republicans to dismantle Obamacare—this time by delaying the critical individual mandate for one year component of Obamacare.

It's hard to imagine what would possess someone to align with the obstructionists trying to upset one of the most significant legislative achievements of the past four years. Every delay just adds more uncertainty to the of future health care shopping. Voters of the Illinois 10th district deserve an explanation.

I worked hard to help Scott Peters defeat incumbent Representative Brian Bilbray, because I thought Scott, as a Democrat, would have a better voting record. I want to know why he doesn't vote better than Brian on so many important issues. Documentation: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/house-votes-to-delay-obamacare-individual-mandate.php Voting Record: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll363.xml

My husband and I both have no health insurance at this time. We are in our late 50's. We are both counting on being insured under the Affordable Care Act. This is for the good of the country. This is why we campaigned and voted for you, Rep Raul Ruiz.

For Juanita and Frank James the bills were piling up. Steel Company closures sent them in a panic as Juanita's health deteriorated. Without Medicare, they could have lost everything. But the high cost of prescriptions forced by Pharmaceutical lobbyists are threatening that relief. Medicare Parte D está siendo cautivo por grupos de cabildeo representando a intereses farmacéuticos, amenazando aún más la crisis financiera de Juanita, Frank, y millones de personas mayores. Nuestros ancianos no deberían estar haciendo la difícil elección entre comprar sus medicamentos o mantener un techo sobre sus cabezas. Ellos merecen su dignidad cuando se jubilen. ¡Es hora de que Medicare sea liberado para negociar precios de los medicamentos con receta!

Governor Martinez spent $3,000,000 on a secret audit of behavioral health providers then cut off funding for services to 30,000 patients because she claims the audit showed problems. Now she's spending another $17,000,000 to turn those services over to for-profit companies in Arizona. But the New Mexico companies say they did nothing wrong and the out-of-state company doing the audit has been accused of faulty audits before. A judge ordered Martinez, by subpoena, to turn over the secret audit to the State Auditor but she refused.

Yes i Have Been Personally Effected by This Issue My Son And I

The NYS Office of Mental Health has proposed the closure of Greater Binghamton Health Center's Child & Adolescent and Adult inpatient units in an effort to create "Regional Center of Excellence". We are seeking NYS Southern Tier residents to join us to voice concerns about the potential closure and help us save this Facility and these invaluable services. This petition is not a petition to "just maintain the status quo", it is a petition to keep vital services in the Southern Tier. It is also meant to act as a catalyst for positive change in order to maintain these vital mental health services for our region, raise community awareness regarding proposed closures and what it means for rural mental healthcare, and preserve jobs for those providing these essential services. Help us spread the word!!

SB 744 is not the best bill in the world but so many hardworking immigrants who have helped build our homes, construct and maintain our roads and bridges, and have taken care of our children, continue to live in fear. As Texans - more than any other State - we must work for fair and humane immigration reform which begins with a path to citizenship. Anything less is flat out immoral and inhumane after all they and their families have invested in our State. ¡El 50% de su distrito es hispano, sin embargo rehúsa apoyar el camino hacia la ciudanía por medio de la reforma de la ley de inmigración en el Senado, y aún está dispuesto a regalarles $46 mil millones en fondos publicos los contratistas de defensa!

Medical malpractice can happen to anyone everywhere. Those in the operating room are the first to know when an error has occurred, often times it is not until the patient has suffered even greater medical conditions or death that the family finds out. The law says that as long as the doctors or hospital do something to correct or console the family they are no longer held liable, and even more so if the person has prior medical conditions not related to the current one and if the patient is a little up in age the medical professions use that against them and lawyers are reluctant to take on the case because of the expenses associated with the malpractice. It is still not fair to that individual nor the family to go through dealing with the loss of a loved one. Even more, at what point should the family be told that the injury to the patient could be fatal; do we or the patient not have a right to express their last will or instruction about going forward? Medical Malpractice is murder in another term of definition and there should be something in the law forbidding the medial profession from being exempt from their wrong doings, no individual or family should have to incur expenses to prove their wrong doings, and undergo the threat of going into poverty trying to maintain and hold on to what the patient left behind.

Cavernous Angioma Bill 2013 House Version called H.R. 2521 and Senate Version called S.1223 is now before them. I have been waiting 14 years for this to occur! I have Multiple Cavernoma Syndrome, It is a rare disease and I have been thru 19 surgeries fighting for my life. I know at least with all I have been thru, I have had brilliant research scientist working endlessly trying to find a cure with all the tumors they have taken from me. I have recently had brain surgery and spinal cord surgery and worked extremely hard to walk again, even though I was told I would NOT.... Unfortunately, last month I was told I have new tumors right above the old location in my spine and more in pons, my risks are very high of being paralyzed from the neck down or the chest down from either new cavernoma....I will NOT sit and worry about this.. NO! I will get into fight mode, like usual. I will focus on the AMAZING news..... The researchers have a new medication that by the end of THIS YEAR ...YES THIS YEAR!! IF funding continues and once they receive FDA approval .... I will be one of the first Humans to be tested with this medication....scary yes, but I have hope, because this is showing amazing promise and it does not only STOP the growth of the original cavernoma, but PREVENT new ones from forming!!! THIS MEANS A CURE!!!!!!! this means a NEW GIFT OF LIFE for all of us suffering with this disease!!!! Please go to the link posted http://www.angiomaalliance.org/pages.aspx?content=399#.Ud3ChrHWees.facebook