Yes, of course I would be affected by the ACA repeal. I am one of the millions of Texans who, even though I work and have insurance, would have had my own insurance premiums go up as a result of my senators votes to repeal the ACA. Not to mention, I would stand a good chance of my own insurance going back to the old days of making me pay more because now I will be considered a "high risk" with a "pre-existing condition", and I know you guys will be the beneficiaries of the ensuing insurance lobbyists contributions as a result! Just remember, that is MY money that I worked hard to earn, that you just voted to take away from me and other Texans! Just remember that, because I'm going to make sure all my Texans friends realize that too!

Healthcare for people.

I could lose my coverage under Trumpcare, meaning treatment my daughter learning disability would decline in quality. I will not stand for this and will fight until I am blue in the face to make sure our SC residents are properly represented.

Doald Trump just signed an Executive Order that could open protected areas of our ocean to oil drilling. If Big Oil is allowed to drill in our oceans, it will be only a matter of time before the next oil disaster! We need your help to stop Trump's plan. Tell your Senators: Stop Trump from allowing oil drilling in protected areas of our ocean!

Last month, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order threatening Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monument with fossil fuel development. The Department of the Interior is accepting public comments on whether to let Big Oil destroy Bears Ears. So we need you to speak up NOW and help save this special place! Tell the Department of the Interior: NO fossil fuel development in Bears Ears!

This is a defining moment for your Senators. Will they fight back in the face of corruption? Will they stand up to Trump? Or will they let him run roughshod over our core governing principles while they stand by and do nothing? If people like you stay silent, your Senators will cave to their political instincts, and Trump will get away with attacking our system of government. So we need you to demand that they defend our democracy from Trump’s worst authoritarian instincts. Tell your Senators to call for an independent investigation into Trump's ties to Russia!

THIS IS MY STORY: I am a recently medically retired Family Nurse Practitioner with a near 30-year career working with my hometown's community and other tribal hospital organizations. Had I not worked with the indigenous populations of America I would have been serving the veterans or military. My work is for the underserved populations of our nation. The affordable and socially responsible healthcare debate has been breaking my heart for years. It is apparent to me that Americans cannot reach a consensus on this issue. Some of the very valid reasons are that we don’t want our choices limited and we don’t want the government deciding what healthcare provider we can see or how much we will be taxed for the Medicare for All type plan. Because my health insurance dropped me due to my lost employment, I had to seek out an alternative. I did an online search for low-cost clinics in the Tucson, AZ area and found one that is trying a membership or cooperative type business model to provide services to people like me. I compared what it has been costing me to have my healthcare needs addressed by a poorly run family clinic organization. My insurance copay was $20/visit to my primary care provider and for a specialist, it was $40/visit. My last visit to a specialist ended up costing me more because they wanted a chest x-ray that would cost me $1000 and I was attempting physical therapy at $50/visit for awhile too. The list of medical expenses goes on to include medication prices that were ridiculous for an uninsured person to try to meet. Enter my first visit to the membership driven clinic and my new medical home. I have received astoundingly better healthcare that is specific to my needs for much, much less than paying insurance or taxes. For my demographic, I pay $75/month for unlimited access to my provider. I can call, text, email and so on. My provider listened to my history and worked with me to come up with a plan that fit me as an individual. She respects my opinion as a nursing professional which is something I didn’t have at my previous clinic. She ordered the chest x-ray that ended up costing me only $35. My medications? Wholesale prices. I get the medications I need for pennies on the dollar. Now, imagine what we could do with this type of business plan across America and for more than a family practice clinic. As healthcare consumers, we should be using our power to drive the insurance companies and government out of our healthcare. In a nonprofit system, we would have more choices, more affordability, more mobility, better patient/provider interactions, beliefs preserving (for the pro-life/pro-choice populations) and more. There is so much more we could be doing for people using this valid system that has been under funded, under promoted and largely ignored. You can look at the information provided in this link from the Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care and look through the resources for some good information. http://nonprofithealthcare.org/ You can also go to the discussion group I've created on Facebook to see what else I have found. https://www.facebook.com/groups/278503785960711/ The infrastructure exists. The laws need to change in order to bolster the systems and remove for profit industry from holding sway over our nation's health and economic and national security. This is what I want to discuss. This is something that is working for me and I want to share it with others so that we might find some decent leverage with the corporations and government. Thanks for reading! Karen McLane FNP-BC Retired

ACA for all, or ACA for none. It's that simple. While Congress is trying to strip taxpayers of Medicaid, it's only fair to strip them of their health care. We get ACA. They get ACA. We don't get affordable care. They don't deserve affordable care.

Voter registration databases (VRDB) are rich targets and may be an attractive target for computer intrusions. This problem is not unique to individual states—it is shared across the nation. Voter Registration Databases (VRDBs) present a unique target for cyber threat actors. It is vital that the Florida Secretary of State take precautions to defend VRDBs against cyber intrusion.

Members of Congress have the their own health care plan supplemented by taxpayers. Maybe if they and their families have to be on the same plan as their voters, they will think twice about their vote.

Tell the government you will not stand for discrimination of our transgender military personnel.

Trump is a disaster. Republican control of both houses of Congress is a disaster. Trump and his supporters are attacking Senators Collins and Murkowski for their health care votes. Both would do well as Independents or Democrats. It would make the Senate a 50/50 split.