UPDATE: A vote on Medicaid expansion could come as early as next week on Tuesday, March 4. We can override Gov. LePage's expected veto if we get enough legislators on board–and we're close! Please sign this petition and call your state legislators to tell them you want 70,000 Mainers to be able to have access to health care! ----- Governor Paul LePage has indicated that he may not accept new federal dollars to expand the state's Medicaid program. By rejecting these funds, nearly 70,000 Mainers will be uninsured. Tell Governor LePage to reverse course and accept federal Medicaid dollars and protect the 50,000 Mainers that would benefit.

Last year, Governor Chris Christie announced that he would not accept new federal dollars to expand the state's Medicaid program. By rejecting these funds, nearly 300,000 New Jerseyans will be uninsured. Tell Governor Christie to reverse course and accept federal Medicaid dollars and protect the 300,000 New Jerseyans that would benefit.

Too many people in our state do not get access to healthcare except in the most expensive way, the emergency room. If they are unable to pay this hurts our hospitals and increases our insurance.

Medical marijuana can help patients suffering from cancer, ALS, MS and other chronic and terminal illnesses. Legislation will be introduced in the Minnesota Legislature that will allow a limited number of patients with specific medical conditions to use marijuana if their health care provider believes it would benefit the patient. Minnesota patients and their doctors should be free to make their own medical decisions without the interference of elected officials who lack medical training.

Police are arresting Seriously ill Cancer Patients and Stealing their Medicine taking it down to cop headquarters, smoking it up themselves and selling it to their friends. The Marijuana Laws are the Bastard Step-Child of Alcohol Prohibition. All Health Care is Constitutionally Protected.

Expand Medicaid, as presented in the Affordable Care Act, immediately to enable thousands of Arkansans to obtain needed coverage.

ABOUT HOW THIS ORGINATIONS ARE IGNORING NEW SCIENCE AND STICKING BY 12 year old science regarding chronic and late stage Lyme And tickbourne illnesses. I am one of thousands if not more of these patients who are being affected both physicallY and financially.

Most workers in Florida are not covered by disability insurance. Therefore, when they are unable to work due to illness or injury, most will not get paid. The State of California and perhaps others, have a system call State Disability Insurance. It is an entirely employee funded system where they contribute a small percentage of their gross income and if and when illness or injury occurs they receive a percentage of their regular weekly income while they are unable to work. I think its time Florida has such a plan to protect the workers. This is zero cost to the employer and is entirely employee paid. Many thanks.

to alleviate physical and psychological conditions

health care reform, Georgia will have made millions in revenue in running the Health care brokerage, But no republican party is more important. we want to deal in health brokerage Mr Deal. let Georgia create its own exchanges and thus control and monitor the citizens interest. please

I am a RN who is working in Las Vegas, Nevada, and I am very concerned with patient to nursing care ratios. Management can assign as many patients to one nurse as they deem appropriate. When management increases the number of patients assigned to a nurse, this also increase the risk of errors by the nurse to the patient and thus decreases patient's safety. I have worked at 4 different hospitals here in Las Vegas, and found that each of these hospitals have allowed for unsafe patient to nurse ratios where in which nursing staff have been so overwhelmed that errors have occured and thus patient safety jeopardized. If your loved one was hospitalized wouldn't you want the best care for them. Please consider having state mandated patient to nurse ration to keep our patient safe from errors and our nurses safe as well.

Sen. Constance Johnson, who made headlines recently when she fought to get a hearing for medical marijuana in the Oklahoma Legislature, has filed legislation that calls upon the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to establish a medical marijuana program in the Sooner State. Separately, she is also sponsoring legislation that would reduce the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Sen. Johnson’s medical marijuana bill, SB 902, is short and to the point. Rather than spelling out all the details in the legislation, the bill simply directs the medical board to develop and adopt rules allowing patients to obtain permission from their doctors to use marijuana and to establish fees for the “licensing, production, distribution, and consumption” of medical marijuana. Johnson’s other bill, SB 914, would lessen the penalty for possession of 1.5 ounces or less from a maximum of one year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000 to a maximum of 10 days in jail and a fine of up to $200.