I'm starting this petition because as a disabled person and a person who's parents are receiving social security, I feel that these issues are not a privilege but a right for people who have worked all their entire lives. I have worked for over 30 years and I put into social security and medicare. We should help this poor, the sick and our children.

While Washington is voting to repeal and deny health coverage for millions with preexisting conditions, we must take bold steps to ensure Florida is always a place where people can access the care they need. We must fight to protect those with cancer, diabetes, asthma, and other conditions. We can't go back to the days when people were denied coverage or forced to pay more because of a preexisting condition — or because they're a woman.

Across Ohio, patient care is put at risk because hospitals force nurses to work 14, 16, and even 24 hour shifts because of inadequate nurse staffing, putting their profits above patient care. Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, and research shows that nurses who are fatigued because of lengthy shifts are at an increased risk of making an error. Other professions, such as airplane pilots, truck drivers and train engineers, have laws surrounding their hours of work because of public safety concerns. Yet nurses, who have patient lives in their hands, can be forced to work around the clock - a practice that can lead to deadly consequences. Eighteen other states recognize the importance of protecting patient care by preventing nurse fatigue through laws that make the dangerous practice of mandatory overtime illegal. It’s time Ohio joins these other states in protecting the healthcare of its citizens. Let's tell Ohio legislators that patients, and nurses, deserve better! Ohio's citizens deserve quality care! Learn more about the Ohio Nurses Association's Patients and Nurses for Quality Care Campaign: www.ohnurses.org/staffing

Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege.

Women represent more than half the population of the U.S. and deserve to be represented in the working group writing the health care legislation. It was absolutely unconscionable when Mitch McConnell announced that there was a team of 13 Republican men overseeing the nation's health care policies with no input from women earlier this month. Afterward, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski expressed dismay by telling reporters, "I just wanna make sure we have some women on." And only after massive public outcry did Republican senators invite one woman to join the committee—Sen. Shelley Moore Capito—and it's unclear if she will remain on it permanently. Making matters worse, they also invited Sen. Ron Johnson to join permanently, making the permanent working group 14 Republican men. Fourteen Republican men and only one woman charting the fate of our entire health care system is not acceptable. Amid fears of pre-existing conditions and cuts to Medicare, this bill is extremely unpopular to Republicans and Democrats alike—only 21% of Americans surveyed by Quinnipiac University approved. The Congressional Budget Office also hasn't yet scored the Trumpcare 2.0 bill passed by the House earlier this month. Yet its score is reportedly going to be even worse than the assessment of the House's first health care overhaul bill introduced in March, in which estimates were that 24 million more Americans could be uninsured by 2026, compared to the current healthcare system.

I am a pre-existing condition, the very person who they have said is not worthy of care. All human beings are worthy of care, and if our government is going to make a law, they cannot "except themselves from it" in fact, it would be easiest to just give every single American the same fabulous health insurance you enjoy, on our dime. Simply put, if our taxes pay your salary, and we are in charge of what we do with our taxes, we want it to go to Universalized Health Care, for every damned one of us. WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IN THIS BUSINESS WE CALL GOVERNMENT.

My petition is about having the politicians understand what it is like to be a United States of America citizen. It's easy to agree on something so detrimental as Trumpcare, if it doesn't affect you or your family. It is obvious that certain Individuals of Congress have no idea what it feels like to worry about not having adequate healthcare! One Republican Congressman said "No one dies from not having healthcare!" Another Republican Congressman implied that only people who don't take care of themselves get sick, so why should the people who take care of themselves have to pay more money! Seriously, pre-existing conditions happen to most people who are active! They even happen to lawmakers! I'm a therapist, concerned for my clients, who are terrified that they or their love one might not get the medical care that they need or deserve. My friends and family, as well as myself, also have pre-existing conditions. It's time to demand that these lawmakers get out of their ivory tower and join the real world!

Millions of Americans depend on the ACA for their healthcare. This new bill will leave them uninsured. Access to healthcare should not be a partisan issue, it should be a right of every American.

Trumpcare, the AHCA, threatens the healthcare of millions of people with Pre-Existing Conditions and will eliminate healthcare coverage for over 24 Million people. The Affordable Care Act can be made stronger by bipartisan Congressional action to improve the Individual Marketplaces.

The older pay more, the coverage is worse, the rich get a tax break. People need the preventive care offered by the ACA. Trumpcare abandons those guarantees. It's a bad bill.

As a small business owner and someone past middle age, I won't be able to insure myself and my daughter when the premiums increase. A nation of sick people who can't work is not cost effective.

Dear Senator: Coverage for people with pre-existing conditions: Is this not a reason to keep the law in place?" Pregnancy is a pre-existing conditon. What about impotence? Women seem to be a major target in repealing the ACA (Obamacare). It is not perfect, and insurance and pharmeceutical companies got a larger piece of the pie than necessary. However, the House's repeal means less coverage and potentially more foreclosures, among other problems. Senators and Representatives have healthcare for life. Why can't we repeal that? We urge you to vote no on the HB repeal.