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Urge Your House Member to Vote for Health Care Reform and Support Inclusion of the Early Treatment for HIV Act (ETHA)

The health care reform vote is happening this week in the House of Representatives! Make sure your member stands with us in support of reform and the inclusion of ETHA. ETHA would add HIV coverage to Medicaid rather than forcing people living with HIV to wait until they are diagnosed with AIDS to get care. The health care reform bill:

Reforms Public Insurance

    1. Creates Medicaid eligibility for those with income below 133% FPL. This is significant. Right now Alabama is at just 11% of FPL and other states aren't much better. It will help reduce the ADAP crisis.
    2. Eliminates the Medicare Part D donut hole and allows ADAP as TrOOP.

Reforms Private Insurance Reform

    1. Increases access - largely eliminates discrimination based on health status.
    2. Increases coverage - new mandated benefits package that includes prescription drugs, substance abuse and mental health treatment, preventative care, chronic disease management.
    3. Increases affordability - subsidies and caps that dramatically reduce costs to consumers.

Creates Other Key Improvements

    1. Invests $15 billion in prevention and wellness initiatives over 10 years including addressing health disparities, clinical workforce serving vulnerable populations, public health infrastructure.
    2. Mandates integration of Ryan White providers.

CALL NOW!

Urge your member to: Vote for reform and support the inclusion of ETHA.

You can be connected to your member of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121.








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