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.

Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, and Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul D. Connick, Jr. have admitted they allowed their prosecutors to issue “fake subpoenas,” i.e., notices labeled “SUBPOENA” to witnesses in criminal cases, telling them they had to appear before the District Attorney for questioning. These “fake subpoenas” were issued without judicial approval and, in Orleans Parish, threatened fines or jail time if the recipient ignored them. Every prosecutor who issued a “fake subpoena” should received discipline of no less than a public reprimand and suspension from the practice of law for no less than One Year and One Day.

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.

Communities on the South and West sides of Chicago are suffering from economic oppression. The lack of investment has increased the level of violence, drug activities and property crimes. During election season candidates come into our communities making promises they never keep. Candidates ask for our support in their candidacy, through volunteer work. Once elected the results of their Platform and campaign promises are nil. The time has come for our communities to make a real statement, for the present and future growth of our communities. The People's Platform will be our way of holding candidates accountable. All candidates will be asked to sign on to the People's Platform. The People's Platform consist of candidates presenting a full economic development plan (with timeline for implementation), including a guaranteed four year investment budget line item, incentives for business development in low income communities, community benefit agreements in all low income communities, funding for developing and supporting After-School and Sports programs, Bank accountability for foreclosed properties (boarded up properties bring the property value down. Banks should maintain the property and put it back on the market in a timely manner), and quarterly meetings/calls with the People's Platform advisory committee. No candidate will receive our support without signing a binding agreement.

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.

Net Neutrality keeps the internet free and open — enabling anyone to share and access information of their choosing without interference from companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon. But the Trump administration wants to get rid of Net Neutrality and shut down the open internet. Despite Net Neutrality’s popularity across the political spectrum, Trump's FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is about to introduce a plan that would destroy it -- he needs to be stopped.

When I joined with other Mississippi leaders for the "Take It Down America" rally last year, I had high hopes for Mississippi. Perhaps I was blinded by idealism; but I honestly and truly believed that our state would do the right thing, if we brought attention to this issue. I believed then, and I still believe now, that Mississippi is capable of great and wondrous things. I often speak on where we were just fifty years ago, and the progress that we have made in that relatively short time. Mississippi is a great state, that I believe will one day come to the forefront nationally, leading our country forward on many issues. But we can't do that if we don't come out from under the specter of this Confederate flag issue. Mississippi is the only state in America that officially flies the Confederate flag. Every other state has taken it down, and renounced it. They've accepted it for what it is. The Confederate flag is a symbol of hate. It is the American equivalent of the Nazi swastika in Germany. Many won't agree with that statement on its face; but let's examine this. It has been well-documented how the Confederate emblem gives rise to hate crimes against people of color. Two of the most well-known examples are Dylann Roof, the white man responsible for the horrible massacre at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, and the three killers who drug James Byrd, an African American man, behind their truck until his body was torn apart in Jasper, Texas. What do these two horrible crimes have in common? Dylann Roof posed with the Confederate flag alongside the Nazi code for "Heil Hitler." One of the murderers of James Byrd, John William King, was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and he had several tattoos, which included the Confederate flag, the Nazi swastika and the words "Aryan Pride." The Confederate symbol is forever attached to bigotry, hatred and murder. If you look at the Confederate flag and all you see is "heritage," then I'm afraid that you are looking through a terrible rose-colored lens that is blinding you to the reality of the horrible atrocities that have been committed under that flag. When a person declares that they are proud of their Confederate heritage, this means that they are proud of the murder that has been committed under that symbol. Last week, Mississippi Representative William Shirley proposed an amendment in the Mississippi legislature to withhold federal funds from the courageous universities that made history last year with their refusal to fly the state flag as long as it contains the Confederate emblem. That amendment was a slap in the face to every family that has suffered under the Confederate flag; and I'm publicly asking Rep. Shirley for an apology. This was a horrible attempt to set us back. I'm happy that this attempt wasn't successful, but we still have to make the decision to remove this symbol from our flag. The Mississippi Confederate Flag https://youtu.be/Qxw0JehE7_A What will it take for Mississippi to join the rest of the country in denouncing this symbol of hate? Will our state have to experience a crime as terrible as what happened in South Carolina before we decide to finally move forward and let go of the racist vestiges of the past? This is no longer a Mississippi fight. This is a battle for the soul of America. "I come from Mississippi" Duvalier Malone Statement on the Confederate Flag https://youtu.be/yAAfZdjY6ro

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.

This petition is to give voice to the people of Berkeley and to everyone supporting us--demanding an end to all hate speech and violence by out of town groups targeting our city's public spaces and commons for their platform. We object to Berkeley being used and labeled as intolerant due to the violent public actions of a few, most of whom do not live in our city.