Philadelphia City Council overwhelmingly passed a law giving 120,000 Philadelphia the chance to EARN some paid sick leave. Mayor Nutter vetoed this bill. We need just twelve votes to override the veto this Thursday, April 11th. With 77 percent of Philadelphians supporting an override of the Mayor's veto, now is the time for City Council to stand up and lead on the issue of earned sick days. Sign this petition asking Councilmen O'Brien and Squilla to stand up to the Mayor and vote YES to override the veto.

As an older adult, I am very concerned about the future of my health care benefits under Medicare assignment. Many senior citizens who have chronic issues will find themselves without professional assistance. In addition, the "Golden Years" can be tarnished with health issues that need professional guidance. Recently in our local newspaper, a surgeon wrote regarding this issue as it relates to him/her making wise choices in continuing his professional services to those most vunerable.

According to Veteran's Administration statistics, 22 veterans commit suicide, every day. My own Navy vet son took his life on 1/3/13. With a backlog of 1 million veterans waiting for processing via the VA, how many more will lose hope and take their lives? Veterans sacrificed for our freedom, we must ensure they get the best care. Enact and fund policies and programs that go further than suicide hotlines for veterans. Many veterans are suffering from PTSD and other issues that are treatable, however, they need immediate attention. Waiting months or years for treatment is too long. Often, filling out paperwork is too much of a burden on those already suffering. Making a life-saving phone call is impossible for someone who is not in their right mind. Veterans suffering from PTSD and other disorders cannot be expected to wait for the VA to call their number. There is a disconnect between discharge & VA treatment. Find the gaps, and fix them. We cannot claim to be patriots if we do not protect and support the very people who make our lives and freedom possible.

My husband served 22 years and is about to lose his Tricare Prime benefits because of where we live. People already on the plan should be grandfathered.

It's time to cut to the chase!!! Colorado can save many more lives and billions of dollars in health costs* by taking a nonprofit cooperative path to financing universal health care! Let's do it! SCR13-021 will now go directly to the floor of the Senate for its 2nd reading (and likely a recorded vote) so there is no time to waste in signing this petition. Thank you! IF I could show you a way to provide all residents of Colorado with comprehensive quality health services while saving lives and BILLIONS of dollars (I always have to remind myself that it takes a 1,000 times a million dollars for each $1 Billion) in health costs, would you be even a little interested in learning more? Wouldn't you at least want EACH AND EVERY Colorado legislator to run the numbers, do the arithmetic, in order to save us Coloradans BILLIONS of dollars in health costs? no matter what the elected official's ideology and other biases that may currently favor a status quo that is eating us alive financially? Know anyone who has lost everything given health care costs as they seek to avoid the grim reaper? I certainly do! * Economist Gerald Friedman has prepared an insightful report for Colorado detailing how we can save MEGA-BUCKS in health costs by 2016 (over $4 Billion) and even more by 2024 (over $18 Billion) while still carrying out the Accountable Care Act (Obamacare), expanding Medicaid in Colorado, and while achieving universal health care for our residents with a nonprofit statewide cooperative!

Presently if a person under age 18 becomes pregnant they have to obtain a doctor's prescription to get the "morning after pill" also called the "Plan B One-Step." The Obama administration is opposed to allowing unrestricted access to this medication. If a 12 year old rape-victim can't get a doctor's okay, she may have to undergo pregnancy. This is an unwarranted restriction.

Autistic children need more support!

Those who don't have health care who they say make to much but yet and still can not afford to have health care I am 35 years old have worked since I was 17 lived in the US all my life I pay taxes but no one cares I can't afford to go to Drs

Every citizen of Michigan deserves the right to medical care. They shouldn’t have to wonder if a doctor will provide the services they need — especially in an emergency. They should have the right to know if an insurer or provider will have moral or religious objections to any services they may need. Not having that information takes away a patient’s ability to give informed consent, which they must do before treatment is administered. Under Senate Bill 136 - "Religious Liberty & Conscience Protection Act" virtually anyone in the business of healthcare - including hospitals, private practices, universities and even pharmacies that provide healthcare services - could refuse to perform services based on a religious or moral objection. Learn more: http://www.eclectablog.com/2013/04/guest-post-i-have-moral-objections-to-sb-136-michigans-religious-liberty-conscience-protection-act.html

The are too many people out there who are not receiving Social Security Benefits becasue doctors are not charting or charting improperly. There are also many people out there who are trying to leave paper trails for their families and children for the future regarding their health. Please make harsher laws for doctors who do not document. This can be a mettre of life and death.

California Legislature voted by 2/3 to implement Obamacare to the fullest but now, Gov.Brown is holding up negotiations on the bill to expand Medicaid coverage to more than one million Californians. He has 63 pages of amendments, some of which are worse than the proposals of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's amendments would preserve unnecessary bureaucracy, delay the implementation of electronic medical records, and hinder our ability to hit the ground running on January 1, 2014 -- only 9 months away. The Los Angeles Times, San Jose Mercury News, and the Sacramento Bee all say he's wrong on this.

My children have been denied health care coverage because they have graduated from college. Champ VA should still cover disabled and military families until. Age 26 like other private companies.