The Northern Nevada Coalition, a group of grassroots organizations led by Indivisible Northern Nevada, Organizing for Action - Nevada, and ATN - Action Together Nevada feel strongly that Heller needs to put the health care needs of his constituents above party and corporate interests.

Removing the fear of federal prosecution for medical cannabis patients is crucial, particularly since our new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has made his negative views of medical cannabis clear. Patients need the Senate to pass the CARERS Act so that they have access to the medicine they need.

Americans deserve transparency from our government, especially when our healthcare and financial well-being is at stake. But Republican leaders seem to favor rushing a vote to repeal Obamacare over transparency and accountability. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is refusing to release a draft version of the Senate’s healthcare bill for public scrutiny, as they make a mad dash to pass get it passed before the July 4th recess. In doing so, they’re denying the American people a voice in a law that would profoundly affect each of our lives, all so they can meet an artificial deadline to appease President Trump, political donors, and special interest groups that want to repeal Obamacare. House Republicans already greased the wheels for their own healthcare bill -- granting themselves a special waiver from House rules requiring the text of legislation to be posted online for 72 hours before a vote. They were in such a hurry to vote that they didn’t even wait for the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office score to find out how many people would lose healthcare under the bill -- a nearly unprecedented step for major legislation like this. Congressional Republicans criticized the process by which the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2009, claiming it was rammed through without a fair hearing. Now, they’re doubling down on what they claimed to oppose, rushing a bill that could leave millions of Americans without health insurance. When wealthy special interests set the healthcare policy agenda instead of the American people, we all pay the price with higher premiums and less coverage. And when politicians draft bills in secret and reject common sense transparency, we all pay the price with rigged rules that benefit big donors and wealthy special interests instead of everyday people. The American people deserve transparency from our elected officials, and a fair chance to scrutinize and debate such consequential legislation. Without any publicly-available bill and public hearings, we can’t allow a vote on a bill that would affect millions of Americans. Add your name and tell Senate Republicans to share their healthcare bill with the public.

91 people a day die from opioids in this country. We can do something to stop this epidemic if we ensure that medical cannabis is part of a comprehensive pain management strategy. The Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis must include expanding access to medical cannabis in their recommendations.

Millions of Americans will be devastated by GOP proposals to repeal large portions of the Affordable Care Act, which has provided life-saving coverage and protections for so many. Our political leaders should be putting patients over politics as they shape the future of health care in our nation.

With the onslaught of objectionable actions occurring in Washington it is easy to become reactive while the Republicans drive the agenda. We need to acknowledge that the odds are against saving the ACA and think one move ahead.

I am a young father of a beautiful little girl. I have several preexisting conditions that directly affect me and my daughter. I will no longer stand for this. We are to resist as one.

Medical cannabis patients in Fresno have suffered for years because the city and county both prohibit the cultivation and retail sales of medical cannabis. Now the city is proposing to ban "recreational" sales without even bothering to consider Proposition 215 patients or tough new state laws. FRESNO DESERVES BETTER.

The Healthcare bill that will be brought to the floor of the US Senate has been drawn up in closed sessions by Majority Leader McConnell. It is essentially the same as the bill passed by the Republicans in the House. It will take away Insurance from Millions, make huge cutbacks to Medicaid, and make PreConditions simply unaffordable.....IT CANNOT PASS

Based on news reports, the Senate is drafting their health care repeal bill behind closed doors without any public hearings or expert testimony, and they are planning to force a vote before the end of June. Not a single patient or family member has been allowed to testify about your health care bill -- a bill that impacts our lives and jeopardizes our care. We are the parents of children who only have health care coverage because of Medicaid, and the children of elderly parents who rely on Medicaid for the care they need in nursing homes. We are the 60-year-old who needs to retire early, but won’t be able to afford higher premiums. We are the expectant mother who doesn’t want to worry about how I’ll be able to afford my child’s upcoming delivery. We are pre-existing conditions—the cancer patient, the kid with asthma, the senior with Alzheimer’s, the diabetic, the teenager with acne, the mother who had a c-section. We are the teacher with a class room full of children with disabilities who are eager to continue learning and growing. We are the doctors, nurses and caregivers who are dedicated to our patients receiving the best care. We are your constituents. Please hear our stories before you vote. Let us testify.

My son has autism and uses Medicaid (through the program Medical Assistance in Minnesota) for his treatments for this social and communication disorder. So many kids like him need occupational, speech, and physical therapies, in school and in clinics. Cutting Medicaid will leave so many professionals unemployed, and cause big, long-term problems for our state and our nation if autism goes untreated. Families depend on Personal Care Assistants for in home supports and behavior interventions, and these programs will not be funded with the proposed cuts.

I'm offended by Walgreens failure to act in this case, after pharmacist Jesse Garret refused to fill a customer's prescription for birth control. I will be happy to take my $5k a year prescription spending to CVS.