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Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Supporters of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
In their letter announcing support for the health reform legislation, the American Medical Association highlighted the following "essential elements":
Expanding coverage: H.R. 3962 will raise the percentage of legal, non-elderly residents with insurance coverage from 83 percent to 96 percent.
Insurance market reforms: The legislation eliminates pre-existing condition exclusions and lifetime limits on total spending, does not allow insurers to vary premiums based on health status, and expands choice and access to coverage for those who are self-insured or employed by small businesses.
Patient-physician decision making: Expanded coverage and choice will empower patient and physician decision making. H.R. 3962 is consistent with our principles of pluralism, freedom of choice, freedom of physician practice, and universal access.
Investments in quality, prevention, and wellness: The legislation provides additional resources to achieve these goals and, importantly, treats quality improvement as an investment in our nation’s health care system.
AARP and the AMA join the following groups representing millions of Americans in support of the House legislation to reduce health care costs, protect and increase consumers’ choices, and guarantee access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans:
Advocates for Youth
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
AIDS Action Council
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
AIDS Institute
Alliance for Children and Families
Alliance for Retired Americans
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Physician’s Assistants
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
American Association of Health and Disability
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
American Association of Pastoral Counselors
American Art Therapy Association
American Cancer Society – Cancer Action Network
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Physicians
American College of Surgeons
American Counseling Association
American Diabetes Association
American Gastroenterological Association
American Group Psychotherapy Association
American Heart Association – American Stroke Association
American Medical Association
American Medical Student Association
American Mental Health Counselors Association
American Nurses Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
American Psychoanalytic Association
American Psychotherapy Association
American Public Health Association
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Arc of the United States
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Association for the Advancement of Psychology
Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Association for Community Affiliated Plans
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Association of American Medical Colleges
Beyond the Divide
Black Youth Vote
California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB)
Campaign for America’s Future
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Campus Progress
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for Clinical Social Work/ABE
Center for Community Change
Center for Health Care Policy, Research and Analysis
Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
Center for Rural Affairs
Cerebral Palsy Association of Ohio
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Children Now
Children’s Partnership
Child Welfare League of America
Choice USA
Clinical Social Work Association
Clinical Social Work Guild 49, OPEIU
Coalition on Human Needs
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Consumers Union
Corporation for Supportive Housing
CWA
Delta Center for Independent Living
Democracy for America
Demos
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Doctors for America
Easter Seals
Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action
Ecu-Health Care, Inc
Families USA
Family Voices
Federation of American Hospitals
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Forward Montana
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Generational Alliance
Gloucester Fisherman’s Wives Association
Health Access California
Health Care For All
Health Care for America NOW
Health Care for America NOW – Southern Oregon Coalition
Herndon Alliance
HIV Medicine Association
Hmong National Development, Inc.
Lana’I Community Health Center
Leadership Council of Aging Organizations
Main Street Alliance
Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative
Medicare Rights Center
Mental Health America
MichUHCAN (Michigan Universal Health Care Access Network)
MoveOn.org Political Action
NAACP
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders-ANAD
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
National Association of Mental Health Planning and Advisory Councils
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
National Association of Social Workers
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
National Breast Cancer Coalition
National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
National Congress of American Indians
National Council on Aging
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
National Council of Urban Indian Health
National Disability Rights Network
National Education Association (NEA)
National Farmer’s Union
National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
National Foundation for Mental Health
National Hispanic Medical Association
National Indian Health Board
National Medical Association
National PACE Association
National Patient Advocate Foundation
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
New Jersey Citizen Action
New Mexico Voices for Children
NWO/UHCAN
NYC for Change
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Partnership for Prevention
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
PHI – Health Care for Health Care Workers
ProgressOhio
Progressive Future
Rock the Vote
Saban Free Clinic
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Small Business Majority
Suicide Prevention Action Network USA, a Division of AFSP
Toledo Area Jobs with Justice Coalition
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc,
UAW
Union for Reform Judaism
United Cerebral Palsy
United Methodist Church – General Board of Church and Society
United Neighborhood Centers of America
United Spinal Association
United Steel Workers
Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio – UHCAN Ohio
USAction
U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG)
U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Utah Health Policy Project
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
Virginia Organizing Project
Voto Latino
Washington Community Action Network
Witness Justice
Young Democrats of America
Young Invincibles
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Comments
To: Rep. John Dingell (D), MI-15:
Dear Congressman Dingell:
Thank you for your decades of service to Michigan and the United States. I am happy you will be present and able to vote yes on one of the most crucial and important bills of both of our lives, H.R. 3962, the
Affordable Health Care for America Act.
Knowing that you have spent your career trying to expand healthcare coverage to
all Americans, I celebrate with you on this occasion. This will be a
better country for my children to grow up in and raise their families,
thanks to your efforts and vote on this bill.
Alan Benard
Posted by: alan | November 6, 2009 04:58 PM