Every year my Dr. test me for Diabetes and High Cholesterol. Humana denied me coverage because I was tested. I have neither of these diseases. I cannot get medical insurance because I have been denied. I want to know how many others that Humana had refused to cover because of a test. Medical Insurance companies are to powerful. They determine our fate. This needs to change.

The republicans in congress, despite all the challenges the country faces, have tried to repeal the law that is The Affordable Care Act 37 times. This dog and pony show takes up the time that Congress has to address the nations problems and taxpayer dollars. One estimate is 80 hours of time on the Congress floor, and over 55 million dollars. These figures probably represent the tip of the iceberg. Having been upheld by the Supreme Court as constitutional, not to mention clearly in the interests of the voters, and demonstrably reducing health care costs, these congressmen should be made to seek another venue for their failed minority opinions. They should use their own time and money to persue their hobbies and be prevented from the obstruction that 37 failed attempts to repeal The Affordable Care Act represents.

North Carolina SB 174 seeks to take away "fast track" rights of injured workers when a disagreement arises about reinstatement of disability benefits and access to medical care. Without having a means for a quick decision to reinstate benefits, workers will go for months without the ability to purchase basic needs (food, shelter). Without having access to a quick decision when a dispute arises about medical care, an injured worker will go months, potentially years, without the care necessary to return to health and return to work.

Traumatic Brain Injured persons are denied Social Security benefits. My wife has fought for years, denied benefits rightfully due her. She was hit by a car head on by a reckless driver. Suffering in a Coma she emerged a week later, several experimental knee surgeries and after years of rehabilitation, she's unable to get insurance. Athletic with Two Ivy League degrees and no access to health care. Our priority should be to take care of those injured and provide prompt benefits and national health care for all, which will also save corporations huge amounts of money and make them more competitive.

We all know someone who has been hurt by the decisions being made by insurance companies. When they deny or delay proceedures that physicians are telling their patients this is the only treatment that will help you, and they refuse to pay and make the insured person go through treatments that will not and do not work. It not only hurts the patient it hurts us all. As it turns out the insurance company then has to pay for the treatment prescribed by the doctor after the treatment the insurance company reccomends does not work. So we the people now have to pay higher premiums to cover their mistakes. So the people of the United States need to file a class action suit against the insurance industry for practicing medicine with out a license.

As it stands now, only veterans with a 100% rating, those who are the Chapter 31 training program, and those who have had service connected dental problems receive dental benefits. All veterans should have this benefit.

People on Medicare do not have dental care unless they can afford to purchase a supplemental insurance plan. A lot of us cannot. I personally do not see a dentist until I am in pain with a tooth and am at a point to have it pulled. I am getting to a point where I will have no teeth in my mouth. We need help.

Help Wisconsin tax payers by taxing Medical Marijuana. Also help me with my pain relief.

All Americans are affected by the HealthCare bill - I personally think it has some very good things in it...Congress can tweak it - but not cancel it...if it's good enough for the common taxpayer, it's good enough for Congress...they are scheduled to get on this healthcare in 2014....now you know why they are trying to cancel the bill! Tweak it and make it better for everyone!

I'm writing this petition in regards to ALL POLITICAL PARTIES as well as the PEOPLE to get involved in knowledge as well as making MENTAL HEALH ISSUES a priority!!! The world we live in now is at risk every single moment of everyday with 100's of people affected by mental illness issues...my concern is the lack of interest/knowledge from our leaders and the people in this matter. I have suffered from severe depression for a long time...and have lived.through the traumatic death of my wonderful husband who took his life by suicide. Suicide is on the rise in many age groups due to the lack of awareness to the mental illness issue. We need to put this matter on top of the list in politics as well as everyday living!! We need to eliminate the stigma of mental illness issues and make the help more affordable as well available!

I'm a breast cancer survivor and I also suffered with a difficult pregnancy while stationed at Camp Lejeune Marine Corp Base in Jacksonville,NC. Unbeknown to many Active duty Marines and Navy personnel stationed there along with families were affected by the water that had been contaminated since the 50's with chemicals used for cleaning. Many who served have either been diagnosed with Cancer or Leukemia and their family members ie children. My husband now deceased suffered from severe headaches and self medicated to deal with those headaches and subsequently died at age 38 in the VA hospital in D.C. 2/14/2006 leaving behind 3 daughters. Our eldest child was born after a difficult pregnancy with problems and had to be in neo-natal icu for weeks after her birth, then afterwards frequently at the doctor due to problems breathing, she has had pneumonia too many times to count and diagnosed with graves disease. My other daughters have had surgeries due to issues with their reproductive systems as young as 11 years of age ending in surgeries. I attribute it to the environmental contamination of living, bathing and eating/drinking foods and drinks prepared with that contaminated water. My doctor stated that mybreast cancer was environmental and genetic testing confirms that for me as this disease did not run in my family.

Our government needs to do its job and take care of the veterans as prescribed by the constitution, President Abraham Lincoln and DOD regulations. In many locations and time frames, the DVA (Dept. of Veteran's Affairs)assumes that units were not exposed or vet served there, when the DOD only fails to find the data that confirms exposure or service connection occurred, a low priority for the DOD (Dept. of Defense), and oftern due to poor, lost, classified and missing old records. The DVA has the proof in their claims and decision records and are legally obligated to research these; this is a must! Dioxins are from Agent Orange / Rainbow - Tactical Herbicides, some PCBs and insecticides. They were used to defoliate / defend perimeter fence lines around bases and TAC sites, to prevent fires, in hydraulic fluids, in electrical equipment, in cleaning fluids and to control insects / pests. Currently, many vets are not getting these benefits, as many exposed units are not listed for many locations, many countries; due to poor, destroyed, classified and lost records (per DOD). Also found in soil and well water at many U.S. bases, dioxin is one cause of many medical conditions. The DVA acts like the DOD said all other units were not exposed. In many locations and time frames, the DVA assumes that units were not exposed or that the vet did not serve there, when the DOD only fails to find the data that confirms exposure or that service occurred, a low priority for the DOD and due to poor, lost, classified and missing decades old records. Many spouses and offspring are also effected by this, and this becomes very hard for them to prove! I am told that less than 5% of claims have been approved; some of those have taken decades, this is statistically lop-sided! Too many vets and others that should have been included in past and present legislation have and are being left behind. Trying to get wider legislation and to uncover unfair DVA practices to "Deny, deny until they die"! I was in an AO / dioxin exposed unit, one of many and in many countries, not recognized by the DVA / DOD due to poor, missing, classified records such as some in RVN, ROK ( the 38th Brgd. ADA and all other missile sites in Korea and support units ), ghost walkers, AF bases, Okinawa, Panama, and many CONUS bases, to name just a few of MANY. Many air bases had exposure to herbicides that were sprayed around aircraft taxiways and aircraft parking areas. Veterans worked and inhaled 24/7 these herbicides that were sprayed within a few feet of their work areas. SIGN, Pass along to others too, email, post link to group pages like FB every few days, and SHARE! I am hoping that someone in DC realizes that if this is done, they would not have to admit to any specific US or other location being contaminated, and also not release any classified data, while still enabling vets their decades overdue and just benefits. They should only then need to prove they are a vet, spouse or offspring and have a recognized medical condition(s) during the decades that contamination occurred worldwide. Make sure to state your unit, location and time frame when adding a comment. https://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml contact your elected officials too WITH HEADS UP! House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations at 202-225-3569 or Mr. Eric Hannel, Subcommittee Staff Director, at [email protected] To Report Suspected Wrongdoing in VA Programs and Operations: Telephone: 1-800-488-8244 [email protected] (Hotline Information: http://www.va.gov/oig/hotline/default.asp) https://www.change.org/p/va-secretary-robert-a-mcdonald-have-thomas-murphy-veteran-s-antagonist-dismissed-from-the-va?tk=FTaxWjRwfrqX5Ifuqgs-D9K6jfg_S71cKnBkbeS3uX0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=signature_receipt&utm_campaign=new_signature To navigate signers comments: There are paging buttons at the bottom of the signers list for navigation, on the 1st page: [ NEXT >> ] and takes you back to the signers just before. After that 2 buttons: [ << PREVIOUS ] [ NEXT >> ] where [ << PREVIOUS ] takes you back to the next / later signers.