Protect Our Care

Healthcare testimonies of real, everyday constituents. Led by @indivisibleATX. #ProtectOurCare

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

On Wednesday, September 5, Texas and 19 other states are going to federal court in an effort to end health care protections for millions of people. https://t.co/vKkFRhba8l

[Indivisible Austin @indivisibleATX]

7. What can you do?

✅ Speak up. This court case needs national attention.
✅ Support @NelsonforTexas's bid to unseat Paxton.
✅ If you act NOW, there is time to get a letter to the editor published. @IndvisibleTeam 🚨

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[Indivisible Austin @indivisibleATX]

6. Read the entire piece from @CPPP_TX https://t.co/bwU33AHa7q

[Indivisible Austin @indivisibleATX]

5. People with job-based insurance would be harmed too. They would lose ACA protections such as the provision that allows young adults up to age 26 to be covered under a parents’ plan, the prohibition on lifetime caps on coverage, and free preventive care. @IndvisibleTeam 🚨

[Indivisible Austin @indivisibleATX]

4. Invalidating the ACA would have devastating consequences. In addition to losing pre-existing condition protections, 20 million low- and moderate-income Americans would lose coverage they gained under the ACA. @IndivisibleTeam 🚨

[Indivisible Austin @indivisibleATX]

3. Roughly half of all non-elderly Americans (age 0-64) have a pre-existing condition — like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, mental health disorders, asthma and many other types of conditions @IndivisibleTeam 🚨

[Indivisible Austin @indivisibleATX]

2. @KenPaxtonTX has asked the judge to invalidate the ACA nationwide, but if the judge won’t, the AG has proposed a “fallback position” — end pre-existing condition protections in the 20 states that filed suit right away, before the end of 2018. @IndivisibleTeam 🚨

[Indivisible Austin @indivisibleATX]

THREAD

1. @CPPP_TX has an important piece on what's at stake next week, as 20 states go to court to end protections for pre-existing conditions.

SPOILER: This lawsuit could strip insurance coverage from 20 million Americans. @IndivisibleTeam 🚨

https://t.co/bwU33AHa7q

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

"“I’m sorry, but your health insurance has decided not to pay for your chemotherapy.” https://t.co/w2jvcZOeij

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

Record a video and tell @KenPaxtonTX how his unjust lawsuit against preexisting conditions would affect you. #MyPreexisting https://t.co/lOK52rf9qb

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

When my brother, a 12 year old at the time, needed a heart transplant, doctors told our parents that the insurance company could simply decide to not cover the procedure. https://t.co/nfdhXE9WVv

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

These are the states that are party to the lawsuit. Local papers need to hear from you.

ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
INDIANA
KANSAS
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
NEBRASKA
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

On Wednesday, September 5, Texas and 19 other states are going to federal court in an effort to end health care protections for millions of people. https://t.co/vKkFRhba8l

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

Health care remains under attack. Read these stories of people like you, whose pre-existing conditions were covered by the ACA. #ProtectOurCare https://t.co/nfdhXE9WVv

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

Find Facebook friends in the 18 largest metro areas in Alabama and ask them to vote for Doug Jones! #ALSen https://t.co/FCb5IAQ6gD

[Cover Texas Now @covertexasnow]

Texans are signing up for health insurance faster than they did last year, but @mel_mcchesney tells the @texastribune why we need to knock it out of the park over these last four days before Friday's signup deadline.

#GetCovered https://t.co/mSO0pdbPKt

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

Many people who qualify for financial assistance can get a plan for as little as $10 per month - but the deadline to #GetCovered is December 15th. https://t.co/lEvYmo9kM4

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

Time is running out to sign up for health insurance! Check out how to get help signing up in your community. #GetCovered https://t.co/lEvYmo9kM4

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

Every day past CHIP's funding deadline 9/30, more and more families face an uncertain future. Congress, #ExtendCHIP now!

[Protect Our Care @Protect_Care_US]

More than 120 children's health, medical & advocacy groups agree: #CHIPworks for children. Congress, #ExtendCHIP!