The medical community, the AARP, and the citizens of Arkansas do not want this bill and feel that it is damaging to the health of millions of Americans. We are tired of our elected officials playing partisan politics and demand that you put the best interests of this country ahead of party.

As a woman and Texas resident, I will be greatly affected by the measures included in this reform and could even lose coverage because of pre-existing conditions. I am also concerned for family, friends, low income neighbors and more. Affordable healthcare that does not discriminate should be a right. The ACA isn't perfect, but this is WAY WORSE.

As a woman and Texas resident, I will be greatly affected by the measures included in this reform and could even lose coverage because of pre-existing conditions. I am also concerned for family, friends, low income neighbors and more. Affordable healthcare that does not discriminate should be a right. The ACA isn't perfect, but this is WAY WORSE.

Maine has about the oldest population in the country. Repealing the ACA will allow insurance companies to charge more for our older citizens. Also, the amount set to help defray the cost for pre-existing conditions is ridiculously low.

Instead of repealing Obamacare, take measures to fix the problems. It is insane that the wealthiest nation has a system where its citizens who have pre-existing conditions cannot afford health insurance or it is not available to them. Don't mess with Medicaid or Planned Parenthood.

I currently use the ACA and it works for me. I am 62 and can not pay higher premiums. I do not want to see anyone lose their coverage.

My cancer came out of nowhere for me. I had a nagging cough a few months ago, it was diagnosed as pneumonia, but the cough continued so I eventually went back to urgent care. This set off a chain of events and fun medical procedures that ended up with me being diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer. It sounds terrible--but it can be cured. But I need access to health insurance to get better, and now they are threatening Obamacare, which is what will keep me alive, and hopefully well soon. Cancer, or any kind of devastating medical condition can happen to anybody at any time. We need to stand up and tell them to stop.

The cruel health care bill that House Republicans plan to force a vote on later today, still exempts their own and their staff's insurance--even as millions of their constituents will be left strung out to dry without access to affordable health care. We the people DEMAND that legislators vote NO on Trumpcare, and any legislation that would exempt Congress from receiving the same health care insurance options as their constituents. Congress must be subject to the same plans and options they propose for the rest of the country.

House Republicans are continuing their hasty push to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. They are, however, divided on the details with Trump selling his vague and false vision, GOP leaders pushing through a terrible plan that has people paying more (unless you are wealthy or an insurance executive!) and getting less, and the fringe elements of the party arguing that the plan isn't destructive enough. All this, along with your vocal activism, has the ill-advised "repeal and replace" forces on the run.

Republicans are trying (yet again) to repeal our health care. Their plan would push more than 24 million people off their health coverage, just to boost profits for drug and insurance corporations and give tax breaks to billionaires. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ), my congressman, is leading the charge. My name is Barbara Blonsky and I live in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) literally saved my life. I was diagnosed with breast cancer more than 20 years ago. Because of the ACA, I have been able to get the care I need, even though I have a pre-existing condition. Now, Rep. MacArthur is pushing other Republicans to repeal the ACA and undermine protections for people like me, with pre-existing conditions. It would also gut Medicaid and raise premiums. Sign my petition and demand Rep. MacArthur and his Republican pals drop their bill. Let's kill this bill before it kills us.

The American people want and need universal healthcare, and this can only become a reality if the entire United States Congress and the President can voice their support for H. R. 676, which, if passed by Congress and signed by the President, would expand our current Medicare system to cover all Americans. The United States can no longer afford to be the only developed and industrialized nation in the world which does not grant healthcare to its people as a right and not as a privilege.

President Donald J. Trump March 20, 2017 The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC. 20500 Dear Mr. President, My name is Suzanne Stewart and I urgently need your attention please, Mr. President. I’m writing on behalf of 100 million Chronic Pain patients. There are many Americans who live with daily chronic pain illnesses and we need your help. The CDC, DEA and “Big Brother” Pharma companies are trying to “hurt” the American chronic pain community. We need you and Tom Price, HHS, to help us keep the pain medications that we need in order to have some semblance of life with somewhat controlled pain. We seem to be losing our medications because we are being “lumped together” with Heroin addicts. Every time a celebrity dies from an overdose, they blame it on the Opioids and not the misuse and abuse of pain medications along with recreational street drugs. Physicians shouldn’t be afraid to prescribe Opioid pain medications to their chronic pain patients due to repercussions from government agencies. Physicians are leaving in droves because of the propaganda surrounding an “Opioid epidemic”. Mr. President, we are not addicts, nor are we “addicted” to our medications. We only take them for pain relief. If you ask true chronic pain patients, we’ll tell you that we hate taking these medications and wish we did not depend on them. This is the key word, sir, “dependent”! We are not addicted to our medications, we do not get cravings nor do we get “high” from them. An addict seeks out their drugs at any cost and looks forward to taking them because of the “high” they feel. As pain patients who take our medications responsibly, we get some kind of relief from the daily chronic pain that we live with. Imagine the normal daily routines such as showering, brushing your teeth and getting dressed. These routines raise our pain and we are so fatigued afterward, that often we cannot schedule anything else that day! We are “dependent” yes, but NOT “addicted” to our medications. We need the Physician / patient relationship to choose what is necessary and best for our pain control. The P.R.O.P. Dr.’s and others like them, who are against the use of Opioids, are just misinformed. While other groups wish to make money off of us because they own addiction treatment centers. They can get rich from chronic pain patients who are treated as “addicts”. Many chronic pain patients are feeling hopeless, while our Dr’s are afraid and leaving in droves. They aren’t able to prescribe Opioids anymore for their established patients living daily with horrific chronic pain conditions. Mr. President, please help the American chronic pain community? We are fearful that the life that we have known with a little bit of pain control for many years, is going to be (or is being) stolen from us? People are being told that they will have to go to their Dr or pharmacy every 3-5 days in order to get a prescription for pain medications. Nobody would ask a Diabetic or a heart patient to do that! People are being taken off of their Opioid pain medication abruptly, during one visit to the Dr’s office. Often it’s a Dr. that they’ve gone to for years and where they are established patients. This is happening to the pain community because of misinformation and fear! I am an Ambassador for the U.S. Pain Foundation, sir; and I’m a patient health advocate. I do public speaking, write for the National Pain Report, Health Magazine, and I am a patient leader for WEGO Health. I am disabled and depending on the day, I use a wheelchair, walker, motorized scooter or a cane. My pain is much lessened due to the medication that I take. I have been living with several high chronic pain illnesses, including systemic CRPS, since 2002. I’ve tried several medications and different treatment modalities. I also have an Immune deficiency illness that prevents me from being a candidate for a Spinal cord stimulator or an Intrathecal pain pump. I don’t think anyone should be FORCED to have an invasive surgery; when a pill with little side effects could help them. Do you know that NSAID’s cause 16,500 deaths in the USA annually? That is only counting the patients with Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis. If deaths from the gastrointestinal toxic effects from NSAIDs were added separately, then it’d be the 15th most common cause of death in the U.S.! Mr. President, I am imploring you to help me and the 100 million other chronic pain patients in the USA, who are diligent and who take the medications responsibly. Please help us to be allowed to continue our pain medication regiment. These proposed strict rules will only turn chronic pain patients to the streets and then many more will die from getting the wrong kind of pain medications mixed with “who knows what”? The good pain patients who are left with no other choice; I feel, will be desperate. I’m begging you, sir, please read my letter and please talk to me if you’d like. I’ll do anything to help my fellow pain warriors and myself. We need your help to make others understand that we are “chronic pain patients” and not “addicts”! We don’t crave the medications. We don’t get any kind of “high”. But Opioids do give us some relief from our daily chronic pain. We are just real people with diagnosed high pain illnesses. Please have Mr. Price to talk to pain patients like me and listen to the U.S. Pain Foundation’s ideas. I/we understand that something needs to be done. If they make medications that cannot be crushed, melted or changed; that would help to keep the drug addicts from melting, chewing or altering the medications in order to get high. But please see the difference between pain patients and drug addicts. Help us, the true chronic pain patients, to not lose our medications that give us some semblance of a life with our families. Sincerely, Suzanne Stewart Ambassador, MI- U.S. Pain Foundation Author/Blogger, Patient Mentor RSDSA Patient Leader WEGO Health CC: Tom Price, Health and Human...