AHCA And Net Neutrality

These votes are coming up, guys. The last day of the first comment period is in July and the AHCA vote is rapidly approaching. Please don’t wait for the last 72 hours – call and guide the conversation instead.

Tell your senator you do not want the AHCA, or any ACA repeal. IF they’ve been opposing it, thank them for that. You need to flip three.

Comment on the FCC’s website you do not want net neutrality repealed. And of course, call your reps and senators to ask them to take a stand for it.

Yes, you can mention both in the same call and yes you can leave a voice message or send an email.

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You guys definitely should call your senators and tell them you don’t want the AHCA or any ACA repeal. Please don’t wait for the last 72 hours.

You should call both your reps and your senators about protecting Net Neutrality and national monuments like Bear Ears.

You also should go to the FCC site and leave a comment in favour of protecting net neutrality. You have until July 17th, but if you do it now, your comments can guide the conversation. Do not wait.

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this is why its depressing to work in a pharmacy.

I was definitely a profit killer when I worked in a pharmacy (which honestly was my favorite job in the entire world, but it was short-lived and nowadays you can’t work at a pharmacy like that, it’s all tied in with corporate retail and no one should ever trust me with a cash register ever). It was not, however, actually a profit killer for the pharmacy, just for the drug companies, so no one cared. These days I do medical billing, which means I actually bill OUT from hospitals so I’m mostly spending my professional time taking money away from insurance companies.

I will now impart all of my profit killing resources onto you, in case you don’t know them. I think most of you know them, now. But just in case you don’t.

THIS IS US-CENTRIC. I’M SORRY.

1. GoodRx – this thing has an app now, so you can look up the best places to get your expensive medicines at the lowest possible prices without insurance on the go, and you no longer have to print coupons because you can just hand over your phone or tablet. Times have changed for the better with GoodRx. Definitely use it before trying to fill your scrip, because it will tell you the best place to go. (You can do that on the website, too.)

2. NeedyMeds – Needymeds is basically the clearinghouse of drug payment assistance. They have their own discount cards, but also connections to many patient assistance programs run by drug companies themselves. They are good assistance programs, too.

3. Ask your county – This is not a link. This is a pro tip. Most county social services will have pharmacy discount programs for people with no and/or shitty pharmaceutical coverage. You can often just find them hanging around at social services offices; you can just pick one up and walk off with it.

4. Ordering online – There are a few safe online pharmacies. I keep a little database in a text file on my computer. Most of them are courtesy of CFS forums, my mother or voidbat, so a lot of that is a hat tip to other people, but if you’re in need of a place to get a drug without a prescription … first I’ll make sure you 100% know what you’re doing for safety reasons and then I’m happy to turn over a link.

5. Healthfinder – A government resource that helps find patient assistance programs in your area. This might also point out the convenient county card thing. RxHope is something a lot of people get pointed to via Healthfinder that’s a good program.

6. Mental Health America – Keeps a list of their best PAPs for psychiatric medications, which can be some of the most expensive and a lot of pharmacy plans don’t cover them at all.

This is so important ppl.

Signal boost the shit out of it!

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Good Rx Saved my family a hundred dollars a month while I was getting signed up for CHIP
seriously it’s a life savor especially for ridiculously expensive drugs like abilify

Useful info, friends! 😉

Since many of our followers are on medications, I feel like this would be an important resource.
-Luna

Also! Some drug companies have patient assistance programs where they send you the drug for FREE if you are uninsured, or if your insurance doesn’t cover that drug.

Do a Google search for “patient assistant programs” + (your med), or search the manufacturers website. Sometimes the info is online; other times you have to call.

Even some of the big name pharma companies have this. It’s certainly not all companies, or all meds, but it is worth a shot.

Before Obamacare, I lost insurance and couldn’t pay for my mood stabilizers (kiiiiinda important to have those when you’re bipolar.) I was on generic Lamictal, but I went to the official Lamictal website, filled out a form with a valid prescription, and they mailed my meds to me every month for free.

If you know anything about bipolar disease, you know that that was a literal life saver. Patient assistance programs ftw!

This is so important given the recent vote to repeal Obamacare. And the cartoon above is so on point They’re literally voting to kill people. Literally.

Some of my meds are no longer going to be partially covered by my ridiculously expensive private insurance. I just used the GoodRX website to look it up, and I can either spend $40 at Target to pay for one of them out of pocket–per month–, or I can get it at Sams Club for $4. No that is not a typo. The drug I need to take every single day to keep my allergies from spiraling out of control (yay auto-immune bullshit) is literally ten times cheaper at Sams Club. Holy shit.

You all should definitely call your senators and tell them you do not want a repeal for the ACA, but this is all important too.

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Shit To Call Your Reps About

1) Trump handing out confidential information to Russians. While he does technically have the right to do so, doing that without consulting or listening to the intelligence community is not okay and this is dangerous. This is not something you want to disappear. Call your reps and senators and demand action.

2) Comey being fired. Not because Comey was so good at his job and didn’t deserve to be fired, but because him being fired when he’s investigating Trump’s Russian ties is suspiciously convenient and because, again, the President meddling in the intelligence community is not a good thing. Call your electeds – you need an independent commission and special prosector.

3) I know the FCC says they’re not taking comments this week, but calling the FCC has gotten results – people who would take the comments and help fill out the comment form on the site. And call your reps and senators to defend net neutrality. This is critical because the vote is on THURSDAY. If you raise a fuss, people will notice, even if they say they aren’t taking comments. People who need votes and people who rely on people who need votes for their appointments will absolutely notice if there’s a huge backlash.

4) The AHCA. You need to call your Senators and tell them to vote no on it and tell your reps who voted yes that you’re disappointed and angry and will remember this in 2018. And if they voted no, thank them. The senate and the house are pursuing reconciliation and there’s no reason to believe this will die in committee.

5) You should also fill out the comments on Trump trying to get rid of national monuments. Erasing history (like Stonewall or Harriet Tubman) is a good way to ignore what happened and, when it’s a marginalized group’s history, ignore their marginalization. Tell them you do not want this.

Regarding Comey

blenderbender1811:

blenderbender1811:

Call your representatives and senators and tell them you demand a special prosecutor regarding Trump’s connections with Russia, like the one that existed after 9/11. They should be independent, and backed by a bipartisan commission.

Also – not in the US? Cool, post this on your social media so your American friends can do this. Not in an area with a rep? Call the house majority leader DC office. This is absolutely important.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/10/us/politics/congress-statements-comey.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

This is the list of lawmaker reactions. If your representative is in the list on the right, make sure you call them and tell them this is NOT okay.

This isn’t about Comey by himself. This is about the President making this a partisan situation by firing the head of the agency investigating his ties to Russia. That is a matter of national security. You need to stand up and request an independent commission and a special prosecutor. This can no longer be optional. Call your reps and senators. And I don’t want to hear ‘Mine is Republican, it’s no good’. Call them anyways. Give them a mandate. And never call an elected that isn’t yours – it sets them up to ignore all the calls.

You can also email, fax (Faxzero will help!) and write letters.

Also, remind your senators to vote no on the AHCA and if your reps voted yes on it, tell them you’re disappointed and angry. And ask them to defend net neutrality (Reminder: the FCC website is still taking comments and will be until the vote on the 18th).

Not Over Yet

blenderbender1811:

blenderbender1811:

vmgx16:

blenderbender1811:

Guys, I know this is scary and you’re probably all very angry about the AHCA vote. That’s justified – your reps failed you. But this is not over yet.

1) Call your Senators and tell them to vote no. You have to flip three. After how many GOP reps you flipped last time? That should be no sweat. I have faith in you! You can do this! Remind them this ups premiums, kills out of pocket caps for employers, employers and states can opt out of collective rates and go back to individual rates (which negatively impacts the disabled and those with pre-existing conditions), and the money ‘earmarked’ for those with said conditions doesn’t actually need to go to them. 30 000 people with pre-existing conditions and possibly as many as 20 million thrown off healthcare. List of pre-existing conditions is here:

https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/860121634681835521

2) Call your reps – if they voted no, thank them. If they voted yes, tell them how angry and disappointed you are in them and that they have likely lost your vote come 2018. ESPECIALLY if they’re moderates or better yet, a blue state Republican. For those without a rep at the moment, contact the party majority leader.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html?smid=pl-share

And the majority leaders office: 202-225-4000.

3) Tell both of your senators and your rep to speak out against this religious freedom EO nonsense. People have no right to deny public, medical, or emergency services. Stop normalizing discrimination to LGBTQIAPN+ people and people who have a uterus.

4) For the love of GOD, people, reblog posts telling people to call. Likes are very nice, and make me very happy, but only reblogs spread the word. Tell other people to call. Post on other social media, tell your friends, post on other online communities if people are worried.

5) Phone anxiety? I understand. You can also email, fax, or send a letter or postcard. Include your full address, including ZIP code, or your message will be junked. And never ever EVER call a rep that is not your own. Staffers are not stupid, they can tell you don’t live there. Also, you’re clogging the line for their actual constituents and it gives the GOP ammo to dismiss their constituents as not really theirs. Never ever ever do this or I will haunt you. Also, important: Social media is useless at the federal level – no way to verify you’re their constituent and too much of it. Call, fax, email, or write. 5calls.org and itstimetofight.weebly.com both offer email and call scripts! https://faxzero.com will let you fax for free, AND they’ll help you find your congressperson or senator if you don’t know who they are. Note, 5calls does require your ZIP code to help you find your specific electeds. No worries, you can find that out by typing your address into google maps! Easy peasy.

This is important, even if you’re not in the U.S. like me you can still spread this around

God, yes, people outside the US can still spread this around! Case in point: Both of us. I’m Canadian. That said, I know a lot of people feel helpless because they are outside the US, but this can still be spread around. For those of you with a lot of US followers on Tumblr or Twitter or with a lot of US Facebook friends, spreading information helps.

You guys can call/email/write/fax all you want! Multiple times until it’s voted on. A LOT.

Also, I know that the Senate is considering their own. They might write one, and not be able to reconcile it with the House Bill. They might kill it in committee. They might not pass it regardless. But we do not know. You can’t rely on it not passing the Senate or the Senate and House not reconciling the bill. They very well might pass the bill. Even if they don’t, they might be able to reconcile the new bill with the House bill.

You guys should fight this like you’re losing, because if you wait until the last 48 hours, it might be brushed off and people will be screwed over.

This is also why a majority in the Senate is important, so be ready to vote in 2018 because there are 12 high risk seats going up for election then. Road to 18 has a lot of information, and you can find the link to the site and the twitter on itstimetofight.weebly.com.

Okay, this is definitely important to call your rep and senator every day you can or otherwise contact them. They are definitely pursuing the reconciliation route. So call them and tell them you do not want this.

ALSO! Check out Project Town Hall. A lot of MoC are having town halls this week. Attend and bring up the AHCA, especially if they voted yes.

Not Over Yet

blenderbender1811:

vmgx16:

blenderbender1811:

Guys, I know this is scary and you’re probably all very angry about the AHCA vote. That’s justified – your reps failed you. But this is not over yet.

1) Call your Senators and tell them to vote no. You have to flip three. After how many GOP reps you flipped last time? That should be no sweat. I have faith in you! You can do this! Remind them this ups premiums, kills out of pocket caps for employers, employers and states can opt out of collective rates and go back to individual rates (which negatively impacts the disabled and those with pre-existing conditions), and the money ‘earmarked’ for those with said conditions doesn’t actually need to go to them. 30 000 people with pre-existing conditions and possibly as many as 20 million thrown off healthcare. List of pre-existing conditions is here:

https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/860121634681835521

2) Call your reps – if they voted no, thank them. If they voted yes, tell them how angry and disappointed you are in them and that they have likely lost your vote come 2018. ESPECIALLY if they’re moderates or better yet, a blue state Republican. For those without a rep at the moment, contact the party majority leader.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html?smid=pl-share

And the majority leaders office: 202-225-4000.

3) Tell both of your senators and your rep to speak out against this religious freedom EO nonsense. People have no right to deny public, medical, or emergency services. Stop normalizing discrimination to LGBTQIAPN+ people and people who have a uterus.

4) For the love of GOD, people, reblog posts telling people to call. Likes are very nice, and make me very happy, but only reblogs spread the word. Tell other people to call. Post on other social media, tell your friends, post on other online communities if people are worried.

5) Phone anxiety? I understand. You can also email, fax, or send a letter or postcard. Include your full address, including ZIP code, or your message will be junked. And never ever EVER call a rep that is not your own. Staffers are not stupid, they can tell you don’t live there. Also, you’re clogging the line for their actual constituents and it gives the GOP ammo to dismiss their constituents as not really theirs. Never ever ever do this or I will haunt you. Also, important: Social media is useless at the federal level – no way to verify you’re their constituent and too much of it. Call, fax, email, or write. 5calls.org and itstimetofight.weebly.com both offer email and call scripts! https://faxzero.com will let you fax for free, AND they’ll help you find your congressperson or senator if you don’t know who they are. Note, 5calls does require your ZIP code to help you find your specific electeds. No worries, you can find that out by typing your address into google maps! Easy peasy.

This is important, even if you’re not in the U.S. like me you can still spread this around

God, yes, people outside the US can still spread this around! Case in point: Both of us. I’m Canadian. That said, I know a lot of people feel helpless because they are outside the US, but this can still be spread around. For those of you with a lot of US followers on Tumblr or Twitter or with a lot of US Facebook friends, spreading information helps.

You guys can call/email/write/fax all you want! Multiple times until it’s voted on. A LOT.

Also, I know that the Senate is considering their own. They might write one, and not be able to reconcile it with the House Bill. They might kill it in committee. They might not pass it regardless. But we do not know. You can’t rely on it not passing the Senate or the Senate and House not reconciling the bill. They very well might pass the bill. Even if they don’t, they might be able to reconcile the new bill with the House bill.

You guys should fight this like you’re losing, because if you wait until the last 48 hours, it might be brushed off and people will be screwed over.

This is also why a majority in the Senate is important, so be ready to vote in 2018 because there are 12 high risk seats going up for election then. Road to 18 has a lot of information, and you can find the link to the site and the twitter on itstimetofight.weebly.com.

Not Over Yet

vmgx16:

blenderbender1811:

Guys, I know this is scary and you’re probably all very angry about the AHCA vote. That’s justified – your reps failed you. But this is not over yet.

1) Call your Senators and tell them to vote no. You have to flip three. After how many GOP reps you flipped last time? That should be no sweat. I have faith in you! You can do this! Remind them this ups premiums, kills out of pocket caps for employers, employers and states can opt out of collective rates and go back to individual rates (which negatively impacts the disabled and those with pre-existing conditions), and the money ‘earmarked’ for those with said conditions doesn’t actually need to go to them. 30 000 people with pre-existing conditions and possibly as many as 20 million thrown off healthcare. List of pre-existing conditions is here:

https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/860121634681835521

2) Call your reps – if they voted no, thank them. If they voted yes, tell them how angry and disappointed you are in them and that they have likely lost your vote come 2018. ESPECIALLY if they’re moderates or better yet, a blue state Republican. For those without a rep at the moment, contact the party majority leader.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html?smid=pl-share

And the majority leaders office: 202-225-4000.

3) Tell both of your senators and your rep to speak out against this religious freedom EO nonsense. People have no right to deny public, medical, or emergency services. Stop normalizing discrimination to LGBTQIAPN+ people and people who have a uterus.

4) For the love of GOD, people, reblog posts telling people to call. Likes are very nice, and make me very happy, but only reblogs spread the word. Tell other people to call. Post on other social media, tell your friends, post on other online communities if people are worried.

5) Phone anxiety? I understand. You can also email, fax, or send a letter or postcard. Include your full address, including ZIP code, or your message will be junked. And never ever EVER call a rep that is not your own. Staffers are not stupid, they can tell you don’t live there. Also, you’re clogging the line for their actual constituents and it gives the GOP ammo to dismiss their constituents as not really theirs. Never ever ever do this or I will haunt you. Also, important: Social media is useless at the federal level – no way to verify you’re their constituent and too much of it. Call, fax, email, or write. 5calls.org and itstimetofight.weebly.com both offer email and call scripts! https://faxzero.com will let you fax for free, AND they’ll help you find your congressperson or senator if you don’t know who they are. Note, 5calls does require your ZIP code to help you find your specific electeds. No worries, you can find that out by typing your address into google maps! Easy peasy.

This is important, even if you’re not in the U.S. like me you can still spread this around

God, yes, people outside the US can still spread this around! Case in point: Both of us. I’m Canadian. That said, I know a lot of people feel helpless because they are outside the US, but this can still be spread around. For those of you with a lot of US followers on Tumblr or Twitter or with a lot of US Facebook friends, spreading information helps.

Not Over Yet

blenderbender1811:

Guys, I know this is scary and you’re probably all very angry about the AHCA vote. That’s justified – your reps failed you. But this is not over yet.

1) Call your Senators and tell them to vote no. You have to flip three. After how many GOP reps you flipped last time? That should be no sweat. I have faith in you! You can do this! Remind them this ups premiums, kills out of pocket caps for employers, employers and states can opt out of collective rates and go back to individual rates (which negatively impacts the disabled and those with pre-existing conditions), and the money ‘earmarked’ for those with said conditions doesn’t actually need to go to them. 30 000 people with pre-existing conditions and possibly as many as 20 million thrown off healthcare. List of pre-existing conditions is here:

https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/860121634681835521

2) Call your reps – if they voted no, thank them. If they voted yes, tell them how angry and disappointed you are in them and that they have likely lost your vote come 2018. ESPECIALLY if they’re moderates or better yet, a blue state Republican. For those without a rep at the moment, contact the party majority leader.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html?smid=pl-share

And the majority leaders office: 202-225-4000.

3) Tell both of your senators and your rep to speak out against this religious freedom EO nonsense. People have no right to deny public, medical, or emergency services. Stop normalizing discrimination to LGBTQIAPN+ people and people who have a uterus.

4) For the love of GOD, people, reblog posts telling people to call. Likes are very nice, and make me very happy, but only reblogs spread the word. Tell other people to call. Post on other social media, tell your friends, post on other online communities if people are worried.

5) Phone anxiety? I understand. You can also email, fax, or send a letter or postcard. Include your full address, including ZIP code, or your message will be junked. And never ever EVER call a rep that is not your own. Staffers are not stupid, they can tell you don’t live there. Also, you’re clogging the line for their actual constituents and it gives the GOP ammo to dismiss their constituents as not really theirs. Never ever ever do this or I will haunt you. Also, important: Social media is useless at the federal level – no way to verify you’re their constituent and too much of it. Call, fax, email, or write. 5calls.org and itstimetofight.weebly.com both offer email and call scripts! https://faxzero.com will let you fax for free, AND they’ll help you find your congressperson or senator if you don’t know who they are. Note, 5calls does require your ZIP code to help you find your specific electeds. No worries, you can find that out by typing your address into google maps! Easy peasy.

I’m queuing posts for today, because I will likely not be on any political stuff tomorrow.

Not Over Yet

Guys, I know this is scary and you’re probably all very angry about the AHCA vote. That’s justified – your reps failed you. But this is not over yet.

1) Call your Senators and tell them to vote no. You have to flip three. After how many GOP reps you flipped last time? That should be no sweat. I have faith in you! You can do this! Remind them this ups premiums, kills out of pocket caps for employers, employers and states can opt out of collective rates and go back to individual rates (which negatively impacts the disabled and those with pre-existing conditions), and the money ‘earmarked’ for those with said conditions doesn’t actually need to go to them. 30 000 people with pre-existing conditions and possibly as many as 20 million thrown off healthcare. List of pre-existing conditions is here:

https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/860121634681835521

2) Call your reps – if they voted no, thank them. If they voted yes, tell them how angry and disappointed you are in them and that they have likely lost your vote come 2018. ESPECIALLY if they’re moderates or better yet, a blue state Republican. For those without a rep at the moment, contact the party majority leader.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html?smid=pl-share

And the majority leaders office: 202-225-4000.

3) Tell both of your senators and your rep to speak out against this religious freedom EO nonsense. People have no right to deny public, medical, or emergency services. Stop normalizing discrimination to LGBTQIAPN+ people and people who have a uterus.

4) For the love of GOD, people, reblog posts telling people to call. Likes are very nice, and make me very happy, but only reblogs spread the word. Tell other people to call. Post on other social media, tell your friends, post on other online communities if people are worried.

5) Phone anxiety? I understand. You can also email, fax, or send a letter or postcard. Include your full address, including ZIP code, or your message will be junked. And never ever EVER call a rep that is not your own. Staffers are not stupid, they can tell you don’t live there. Also, you’re clogging the line for their actual constituents and it gives the GOP ammo to dismiss their constituents as not really theirs. Never ever ever do this or I will haunt you. Also, important: Social media is useless at the federal level – no way to verify you’re their constituent and too much of it. Call, fax, email, or write. 5calls.org and itstimetofight.weebly.com both offer email and call scripts! https://faxzero.com will let you fax for free, AND they’ll help you find your congressperson or senator if you don’t know who they are. Note, 5calls does require your ZIP code to help you find your specific electeds. No worries, you can find that out by typing your address into google maps! Easy peasy.