I have epilepsy. My seizures are not the worse. I only stare for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Sometimes I shake my right arm. Does anyone in Washington, D.C. know someone with epilepsy? Surely someone does. Epilepsy does affect 1 out of 26 people in the US alone! Think of how many people in a Congressman’s district have epilepsy.
WAKE UP, Congress!! Epilepsy is a pre-existing condition. The doctor’s visits, the hospital stays, and the epilepsy medication is expensive. (Oh, you can probably afford it)
The AAPD (The American Association of People with disabilities) says:
www.aapd.com/action-alert-were-not-out-of-the-woods-yet-on-healthcare/
- The ORRA cuts taxes on the rich by removing health care from the poor and middle class
- The ORRA would eliminate health care coverage for 32 million people by 2026; 17 million by next year (Congressional Budget Office)
- The ORRA would increase health care plan premiums by at least 100% by 2026
- The ORRA stops all Medicaid expansion at the end of 2019 (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
- The BCRA guts Medicaid by cutting over $700 billion
- Both bills make it harder to provide home and community based services by eliminating the Community First Choice option for Medicaid
- Both bills eliminate the protections against discrimination for pre-existing condition
- Both bills eliminate the requirement for essential health benefits (which include prescription drugs, mental health services, rehabilitative and habilitative services, and devices, and more)
ORRA- Obama Repeal Reconciliation Act
BCRA- Better Care Reconciliation Act
PLEASE CALL OR WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND ASK THEM TO VOTE “NO”