Advocacy Made Easy: Health Care Reform

The US House of Representatives will vote tomorrow, Saturday November 7, on H.R. 3962, the Affordable Healthcare for America Act.

Now is the time to make your voice heard about health care reform! Healthcare reform advocates including NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby and the American Friends Service Committee are asking supporters of H.R. 3962 to call their representatives TODAY to ask them to vote for the bill.

Call toll-free today: 1-888-282-6715. You will be connected to the Capitol Hill switchboard operator. Ask for your Representative’s office.

Not sure who your representative is? Go to http://www.house.gov and enter your zip code into the box on the top left corner of the page.

Not sure what to say? NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby suggests the following simple sentence:

“I am a constituent and I want Representative [name] to vote YES on H.R. 3962, the healthcare reform bill.”

Want to learn more about H.R. 3962? The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has a summary of the bill here.

Health Access California reviews the bill here.