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April 27, 2017: The House Freedom Caucus has officially endorsed a revised Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, delivering a fresh burst of momentum to the GOP’s efforts to revive its stalled health care effort. Read more here.

This new version of the GOP repeal bill the American Health Care Act (AHCA) would be even worse for people with HIV. It would allow states to opt of providing essential health benefits and charge people with pre-existing conditions like HIV higher premiums. The initial bill would have left 24 million uninsured. This bill will leave coverage out of reach for even more Americans. Please tell your Congressional representative to OPPOSE the Amended AHCA Repeal Bill.

Now is not the time to be silent. Speak up and demand that your elected officials oppose the American Health Care Act. Speak up–your voice matters!

Republicans and Democrats need to hear from you! Call your Representative in the House of Representatives TODAY, at (866) 246-9371.  This number is toll-free and will connect you with your Representative. Here is what you can say:

Hello my name is _______ and I live in [city, state & zip]. I am a person [living with HIV /concerned about HIV]. I am calling to demand that you vote against the American Health Care Act. The American Health Care Act will hurt people living with and vulnerable to HIV by making it harder and more expensive to get the care they need. All Americans deserve better. I urge you to support people living with and vulnerable to HIV and oppose the American Health Care Act.

Target list is below.

If you are authorized to sign your organization onto a letter opposing the amended AHCA, please sign on here.

This Friday, the House could very well pass a bill that many analysts characterize as worse than the original version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA, which would have dismantled many ACA protections for people with viral hepatitis). In addition to stripping Medicaid funding for the most vulnerable communities, the new bill would allow states to:

  • Let insurers charge people higher premiums based on pre-existing conditions
  • Eliminate the law’s essential health benefits requirements that guarantee coverage for things like mental health care, prescription drugs, and maternity care

The defeat of this bill now depends on the willingness of moderate House Republicans to vote NO on the legislation. We urge you to contact your representative now and tell them to vote NO on the Amended AHCA.

Below you will find a list categorizing representatives based on their stance regarding the Amended AHCA:

TARGETS WHO HAVE ALREADY RECONFIRMED NO ON THE NEW, WORSE REPEAL BILL
NJ-02 Frank LoBiondo
NJ-07 Leonard Lance
NY-11 Dan Donovan
PA-15 Charlie Dent
PA-08 Brian Fitzpatrick
FL-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
CA-10 Jeff Denham
TARGETS WHO OPPOSED AHCA BUT NEED TO GET THEM ON THE RECORD NOW RECONFIRMING OPPOSITION TO THE  NEW, WORSE REPEAL BILL
AK-AL Don Young
IA-03 David Young
MD-01 Andy Harris
NJ_11 Rodney Frelinghuysen
NJ-02 Glenn Thompson
NJ-04 Chris Smith
NV-02 Mark Amodei
NY-24 John Katko
OH-10 Mike Turner
OH-14 Dave Joyce
TX-23 Will Hurd
VA-01 Rob Wittman
VA-10 Barbara Comstock
WA-03 Jaime Herrera Beutler
TARGETS WHO SUPPORTED OR WERE UNDECIDED ON AHCA AND NEED TO GET TO OPPOSE THE NEW, WORSE REPEAL BILL
AZ-02 Martha McSally
CA-08 Paul Cook
CA-21 David Valadao
CA-25 Steve Knight
CA-39 Ed Royce
CA-45 Mimi Walters
CA-48 Dana Rohrabacher
CA-49 Darrell Issa
CO-03 Scott Tipton
CO-06 Mike Coffman
FL-18 Brian Mast
FL-25 Mario Diaz-Balart
FL-26 Carlos Curbelo
IL-06 Peter Roskam
IL-12 Mike Bost
IL-13 Rodney Davis
IL-14 Randy Hultgren
ME-02 Bruce Poliquin
MN-02 Jason Lewis
MN-03 Erik Paulsen
NE-02 Don Bacon
NY-02 Peter King
NY-19 John Faso
NY-21 Elise Stefanik
NY-22 Claudia Tenney
OH-07 Bob Gibbs
PA-06 Ryan Costello
PA-07 Pat Meehan
PA-18 Tim Murphy
TX-23 Will Hurd
WA-08 David Reichert
TARGETS TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE
NJ-03 Tom MacArthur
OH-16 Jim Renacci

Thank you in advance for making your call today.