#acaworks

Pages to follow for reliable action alerts and news updates

Healthcare Rights Coalition: https://www.facebook.com/healthcarerightscoalition/

Families USA: https://www.facebook.com/FamiliesUSA/

ASAN: https://www.facebook.com/AutisticAdvocacy/

New York Times: https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/

Sarah Kliff (Vox): https://www.facebook.com/sarahkliff/  

Affordable Care Act 101

Self-Advocates Guide to the ACA:

Detailed, yet digestible, information on the Affordable Care Act and healthcare reform

https://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ACA-for-self-advocates.pdf

Dispelling ACA Myths:

http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-myths/

Top 10 Obamacare Facts – including plain English explanations  

http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-top-10/

Citizen lobbying resources

The Affordable Care Act: what can I do?

Steps for patients wishing to advocate for affordable healthcare, including scripts, phone numbers, and tips.

https://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ACA-what-can-I-do.pdf

Countable App: 

“Countable makes it quick and easy to understand the laws Congress is considering. We also streamline the process of contacting your lawmaker, so you can tell them how you want them to vote on bills under consideration.”

https://www.countable.us/about/us

Shy Person's Guide to Calling Your Representatives:

http://actionfriday.tumblr.com/post/153358069831/shy-persons-guide-to-calling-representatives  

"We're His Problem Now" (action alerts, scripts, and contact information):

http://thesixtyfive.org/home

Further reading

How proposed medicaid reforms would harm disabled folks: 

http://www.rootedinrights.org/healthcare-reform-and-its-impact-on-the-disabled-community-restructuring-medicaid/

A comparison of replacement proposals: 

http://www.vox.com/2016/11/17/13626438/obamacare-replacement-plans-comparison

How the ACA works now- and how that could change (with charts!): 

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/4/13937032/obamacare-repeal-charts

Six surprising healthcare items that could disappear with ACA reform: 

http://khn.org/news/health-law-sleepers-six-surprising-health-items-that-could-disappear-with-aca-repeal/

A study outlining the consequences of repeal, including more than 10 million uninsured, and thousands of deaths per year:

http://www.urban.org/research/publication/implications-partial-repeal-aca-through-reconciliation

Masterpost of #SavetheACA resources:

https://k-pagination.tumblr.com/post/155823223852/savetheaca-affordable-care-act-resources-and  

Full ACA toolkit:

Helpful information on healthcare from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network  

What happens if the Affordable Care Act is repealed? Find out above.

NEWS RELEASE

The Senate leadership has taken the first dangerous step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act.  Repeal of the ACA will pull the plug on the 30 million Americans who now depend on it for health care --- not to mention the 57 million seniors and disabled who benefit every day from the ACA’s improvements to Medicare.