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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: 11-1-2008
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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We signed the “America's Veterans Deserve Adequate Medical Care” petition!

# 35,300:

5:05 pm PDT, May 16, Doug Matthews, Massachusetts
Soldiers are giving their all for our country, regardless of whether the war should be fought. They deserve at the least the level of care our congressional reps & senators have provided for them.

# 35,299:

5:03 pm PDT, May 16, Sara Rutledge, Texas
veterans have sacrificed so much for this country and we owe them the dignity of good medical care.

# 35,298:

4:48 pm PDT, May 16, Name not displayed, Virginia

# 35,297:

4:47 pm PDT, May 16, Shawn Kinnard, Pennsylvania

# 35,296:

4:36 pm PDT, May 16, Christopher Kreidel, California
These men and women do so much for our country, the least we can do is give them adequate medical care in return. Please do not dishonor them by letting their medical benefits slip away. They give so very much to so many. Please give to them what they have earned and deserve.

# 35,295:

4:36 pm PDT, May 16, Mollie Tracey, Oregon

# 35,294:

4:35 pm PDT, May 16, Bec Ponder, Missouri
Past VA atrocities should be ample proof of what cuts do to our veterans.

# 35,293:

4:34 pm PDT, May 16, Kathy Bardini, New York

# 35,292:

4:23 pm PDT, May 16, Mike Johnston, New Mexico

# 35,291:

4:18 pm PDT, May 16, Ryan Olbrysh, Nevada

# 35,290:

4:12 pm PDT, May 16, Albert E. Nickerson, Michigan

# 35,289:

3:47 pm PDT, May 16, Harry Manygoats, Arizona

# 35,288:

3:46 pm PDT, May 16, Susan Augustine - Bradley, North Carolina
Unless the Senate's Medical Care is covered under TRICARE, they should not penalize those who served to protect them.

# 35,287:

3:31 pm PDT, May 16, Jesse Jones, Maryland

# 35,286:

3:31 pm PDT, May 16, Jean Presto, Pennsylvania
These men and women do so much for our country, the least we can do is give them adequate medical care that many people in corporate America already recieve. Please do not dishonor them by letting their medical benefits slip away.

# 35,285:

3:13 pm PDT, May 16, Tim Steiner, Montana

# 35,284:

3:09 pm PDT, May 16, Misky Betley, Arizona

# 35,283:

3:05 pm PDT, May 16, Pearl Holloway, Rhode Island

# 35,282:

3:02 pm PDT, May 16, Vineta Shields, California

# 35,281:

3:00 pm PDT, May 16, Klinton Antich, Oregon

# 35,280:

2:59 pm PDT, May 16, Shar Woller, Colorado
Congress has universal single payer health care, why shouldn't veterans?

# 35,279:

2:59 pm PDT, May 16, Elena Pugh, New Jersey

# 35,278:

2:56 pm PDT, May 16, RICK KIRBY, Ohio
FIRST OF ALL I AM A VET. WHY HURT THEM FOR HELPING YOU. YOU HAVE YOUR FREEDOM AND FAMILIES RIGHT?

# 35,277:

2:49 pm PDT, May 16, Duane Richtsmeier, Iowa

# 35,276:

2:46 pm PDT, May 16, Duane Mills, New York

# 35,275:

2:46 pm PDT, May 16, Carrie Groszek, Illinois

# 35,274:

2:39 pm PDT, May 16, Susana Spring Ember, California
Already, there is such inadequate care that is so costly in America! To cut on such a vital need as this would wreak havoc for the elderly and disabled and unemployed veterans and their families! Please cut the war in Iraq and keep Health care affordable and accessible! Thank-You, A Concerned Woman

# 35,273:

2:38 pm PDT, May 16, Florence Applebaum, Pennsylvania

# 35,272:

2:36 pm PDT, May 16, Rachel Kelley, California

# 35,271:

2:34 pm PDT, May 16, Lauren Hart, North Carolina

# 35,270:

2:31 pm PDT, May 16, Cindy Chapman, Ohio

# 35,269:

2:31 pm PDT, May 16, Vinica Medlin, Arizona
One of the benefits of serving in the armed forces is the excellent medical care. To take that away will definitely decrease the amount of people who will want to enter any armed forces.

# 35,268:

2:30 pm PDT, May 16, Ryan Shanahan, Massachusetts

# 35,267:

2:17 pm PDT, May 16, Name not displayed, New York

# 35,266:

2:11 pm PDT, May 16, Regina Martin-Rodger, Pennsylvania
Dear Policy-maker, Our health care problems are great on so many levels. For the love of everything decent, let's stop making decisions that keep the top 5% fat and happy. It is time for decent men and women to demand great health care at a fair cost to all. Cutting rates to reimburse doctors who care for our service people is criminal. I have truely lost faith in our system and our politicians. This is just one of many examples of the wealthy taking care of the wealthly. Good luck to us all. Regina Martin-Rodger

# 35,265:

2:03 pm PDT, May 16, Dave Oliver, Missouri

# 35,264:

1:23 pm PDT, May 16, Ana-Lia Duchowney, Florida

# 35,263:

1:07 pm PDT, May 16, Daniel Andrews, Florida

# 35,262:

1:02 pm PDT, May 16, Stephen Robinson, Virginia
We ask these men and women to risk their lives, limbs, family life and financial security to fight on the behalf of our country. Politicians praise them in speeches, but it's time to do something to show concern for them!

# 35,261:

1:01 pm PDT, May 16, Ben Baptist, Ohio

# 35,260:

12:57 pm PDT, May 16, Megan O'Hara, New York

# 35,259:

12:56 pm PDT, May 16, Name not displayed, Washington
Shame on us for not taking care of those who put their lives on the line for us.

# 35,258:

12:47 pm PDT, May 16, Megan Gezzi, Illinois

# 35,257:

12:37 pm PDT, May 16, Mikayla Millward, New York

# 35,256:

12:32 pm PDT, May 16, Marilyn Tiberio, California
There is NOTHING too good for those troops who gave everything to keep us all safe & it would be shameful to not give them the very best care that is available for as long as they need it.

# 35,255:

12:31 pm PDT, May 16, Amy Hahn, Massachusetts

# 35,254:

12:30 pm PDT, May 16, Michele DeBello, California

# 35,253:

12:27 pm PDT, May 16, Timothy Hobson, Arizona

# 35,252:

12:26 pm PDT, May 16, Name not displayed, Ohio
Because it is the least we can do for the gift of Freedom!

# 35,251:

12:14 pm PDT, May 16, Heather Wood, California
How we take care of our own is a direct reflection of the conscience of our nation. Please let us support those who have sacrificed so much.

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