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America's Veterans Deserve Adequate Medical Care

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: American Medical Association Patients' Action Netw
Service members fighting for our country shouldn't have to worry about their families' health care. But millions of military patients and their families are already having trouble finding physicians. Since TRICARE, the military insurance plan for active and retired military members and their families, is tied to Medicare, future doctor payment cuts will cause even greater harm to their health care quality. Unless Congress acts now, future doctor payment cuts will deprive these heroes of the health care they need and deserve. Help protect service members' access to doctors!
deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 50,000
 

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Dear [Decision maker],

On behalf of America's service members and their families, I strongly urge you to stop Medicare doctor payment cuts.

Medicare doesn't even reimburse doctors at a level equal to the cost of treating patients. And, recent reports predict that the government will cut the rates further - by 10 percent in 2008, and a whopping 40 percent by 2015!

Past cuts have made it more difficult for service members to find a doctor. Future doctor payment cuts will force doctors to limit the number of new Medicare patients they treat, will make it more difficult to find surgical and medical specialists and will force seniors to travel greater distances for medical care.
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Sincerely,
[Your name here]
We signed the “America's Veterans Deserve Adequate Medical Care” petition!
# 150:
5:27 pm PDT, Nov 3, JUDY HOFFLER, Florida
# 149:
5:11 pm PDT, Nov 3, Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 148:
4:52 pm PDT, Nov 3, Larry Mix, Florida
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4:46 pm PDT, Nov 3, Jan Johnson, Florida
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4:40 pm PDT, Nov 3, Colleen Mcconnell, Canada
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3:45 pm PDT, Nov 3, Traci Hanumanthaiah, Nevada
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3:20 pm PDT, Nov 3, Venessa Hughes, New York
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3:20 pm PDT, Nov 3, Jennifer Zarro, California
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3:12 pm PDT, Nov 3, Joseph Hughes, Florida
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2:15 pm PDT, Nov 3, Name not displayed, Maine
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2:12 pm PDT, Nov 3, Radine! Aijala, California
Do not turn these willing servants away. We owe them!!!
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2:00 pm PDT, Nov 3, David Peters, United Kingdom
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1:42 pm PDT, Nov 3, Mary Hockett, Alabama
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1:25 pm PDT, Nov 3, Kristi Katuran, Pennsylvania
# 136:
12:55 pm PDT, Nov 3, Pam Shelton, Idaho
We need to take care of those who we use to protect us
# 135:
12:33 pm PDT, Nov 3, Erika Parker, California
# 134:
12:27 pm PDT, Nov 3, Margaret Patrick, Georgia
# 133:
11:50 am PDT, Nov 3, Judy Stufflebeam, Oregon
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11:47 am PDT, Nov 3, Jennifer Jacobson, Colorado
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11:37 am PDT, Nov 3, Ray Williams, Colorado
After serving their country in the armed forces, they should be able to have any injuries or sickness that are the result of said service to be taken care of by our government
# 130:
11:23 am PDT, Nov 3, Dogan Ozkan, Turkey
# 129:
11:03 am PDT, Nov 3, Natalia Villalobos Mora, Costa Rica
# 128:
10:58 am PDT, Nov 3, Name not displayed, Texas
My husband is a disabled veteran; he went over twice during the first Gulf War; he's EARNED the right to continued medical care. I don't care about myself so much but he's paid the price already for his medical benefits and shouldn't lose them. Thank you.
# 127:
10:30 am PDT, Nov 3, Susie Pirtle, Oregon
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10:30 am PDT, Nov 3, Vidya Sims, California
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10:17 am PDT, Nov 3, Nancy Parks, Maine
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10:10 am PDT, Nov 3, Rev. Annie Haws, Georgia
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5:24 am PDT, Nov 3, Lila Greathouse, Michigan
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3:54 am PDT, Nov 3, Kenneth Fort, Minnesota
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3:20 am PDT, Nov 3, Michael Cline, Ohio
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2:55 am PDT, Nov 3, Victoria Thomas, Wyoming
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2:52 am PDT, Nov 3, Octavian Paul Draja, Romania
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2:25 am PDT, Nov 3, Steve Klein, Virginia
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2:02 am PDT, Nov 3, Alexandra Nett, South Africa
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1:28 am PDT, Nov 3, L. Sarch, New York