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Help Katrina Victims Get the Medical Care They Need Now!

Target: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Consumers Union

As the hurricane victims struggle to rebuild their lives, one of their most immediate needs is access to medical care. Congress has the power to help the children, elderly, sick or people who have lost their jobs to get the health care they need by temporarily covering them under the federal Medicaid program -- without red-tape and hassles.

Under the current proposal, Katrina survivors with incomes below the federal poverty level could get coverage through a temporary five-month program with a possible extension. Congress is expected to vote very soon on this important emergency health-care relief measure.

Thats why we need your help today! The Senate has developed a bill that assures comprehensive coverage without red tape, but the House version may limit access to the program for hundreds of thousands of people. Click here for a detailed analysis of the two plans.

Don't let Congress water down this desperately needed relief! Act now by sending a letter to your representatives in both houses of Congress in support of temporary enrollment of hurricane victims in Medicaid.

deadline: 9-16-2006
goal: 7,500

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Dear [Decision Maker],

To immediately ease the suffering of hundreds of thousands of Katrina victims, I urge you to support legislation that would provide hurricane victims with temporary access to medical care through the Medicaid program.

Providing a basic necessity such as health care to those suffering from this national disaster is vital as victims struggle to rebuild their lives.

Temporarily enrolling Katrina survivors in the Medicaid program makes sense, since it is a program operating in all of the states where victims are now living. To ensure the fastest possible coverage, Congress should waive normal documentation and eligibility requirements, and streamline and simplify the application process.

Since the majority of survivors have lost their jobs, all those with incomes now below the federal poverty level and twice that level for pregnant women and children should be eligible for Disaster Relief Medicaid.

This temporary program would be available for five months, with a possible five-month extension.
Because this is a national crisis, the federal government should cover the additional cost of these temporary enrollees and not pass these costs on to the states.

Providing hurricane victims temporary access to health care is a common-sense, compassionate step that Congress can take now to immediately relieve the suffering of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

Thank you for supporting this important measure.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]

We signed the “Help Katrina Victims Get the Medical Care They Need Now!” petition!

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1:31 am PDT, Apr 19, Can Atik, Turkey

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4:01 am PDT, Mar 22, Art Deco, Maine

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12:53 am PDT, Mar 15, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin

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1:22 pm PST, Feb 20, Roxie Schliesmann, Wisconsin

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6:20 pm PST, Feb 17, Laura Zanoli, Italy

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7:25 pm PST, Jan 16, HELPKATRINAVICTIMS! / VICTORIA MARY STONG, New York
I'M SICK AND TIRED OF OUR GOVERNMENT GROSSLY ABUSING AND NEGLECTING KATRINA VICTIMS. FIGHT FOR KATRINA VICTIMS UNTIL THEY GET NEW LEVEE'S, HOMES AND STRUCTURAL REBUILDING!

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3:33 pm PST, Dec 27, Karen Gray, Indiana

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6:03 am PST, Dec 25, Name not displayed, Germany
Where is all that money that many nations gave for to help the victimes?

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5:16 am PST, Dec 25, REGINA WIRTH, Germany

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10:13 am PDT, Oct 14, Kaytie Irvine, California

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3:48 pm PDT, Oct 10, C. Romanelli, Illinois

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3:33 am PDT, Oct 7, Dogan Ozkan, Turkey

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5:30 pm PDT, Jul 23, Dana Szemereta, North Carolina

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7:36 pm PDT, Jul 10, Catherine Godfrey, Canada

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2:08 am PDT, Jul 5, William Harper, Georgia

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12:35 pm PDT, Jun 21, Hazel Matich, Illinois

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10:57 am PDT, Jun 17, Edmond Mikulin, Texas

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9:25 pm PDT, Jun 15, Robyn Sharpe, Massachusetts

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4:09 pm PDT, May 2, Michelle Brown, Virginia

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10:15 am PDT, Apr 27, Edward Jasmin, Ohio

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6:20 pm PDT, Apr 21, Melissa Bardwell, Washington

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8:09 am PDT, Apr 14, Nicky Elizabeth, Maine

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12:44 am PDT, Apr 10, Victoria Thomas, Wyoming

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12:14 pm PDT, Apr 7, Sarah Davis, Missouri

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2:38 pm PDT, Apr 6, Omar Artola, New York

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5:20 pm PDT, Mar 27, Jane Manning, South Carolina

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1:17 pm PDT, Mar 27, Silvia Schiffgen, Austria

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1:24 pm PDT, Mar 24, Doranna Mcclendon, Arizona

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12:13 am PDT, Mar 24, Ashley Hayes, Michigan

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3:40 pm PDT, Mar 20, Anthony Barrois, Florida
don't have health insurance or prescription insurance. have been very very sick with lung disease and now seizures. have been hospitalized. need to see a pulmonologist, am unemployed, have paid into the system all of my 50 yrs. and i need help now, applied for emergency medicaid. hope i get it, cuz i need medical followup and i cant afford it at this time. want to relocate back to louisiana, but i have no home to go back to. i was living on a small sailboat, that sunk, lost whatever i did have. trying to start my life over, but my health has been seriously bad for months on end. and i would appreciate some assistance with medical, to continue with my followup doctors, which i can not afford at present, which i need so i dont get sick again. please help us. we dont, i don't want to live off the system, but until i can get on my feet, financially, healthy, and possibly some sort of grant or something to afford some type of living back in my home, Louisiana, which i miss so much. please help us. don't forget about us. i just need some help to get on my feet. came to crestview, fl. after the hurricane, got a job, cuz i didnt want to live off of fema, after 7 months, since i was new, they cut me, lost my health insurance, and i have been unemployed since last june 06. please help me if you can. i want to get well and be a viable person and contribute to my home and live the rest of my years back home. thank you very much, sincerely, anthony barrois.

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3:36 am PST, Mar 5, Debbie Purelyme, New Hampshire

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11:25 am PST, Feb 26, Cathy Hatem, Mississippi
Please Help us! Thanks everyone who have signed!

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4:06 pm PST, Feb 25, Name not displayed, Vermont
I know of hurricane survivors who are currently suffering with medical conditions, and they are unable to provide themselves with necessary care. In the richest nation in the world, this situation should never be happening.

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4:27 pm PST, Feb 19, Joan Mclaughlin, Pennsylvania

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11:42 am PST, Feb 18, Crystal Troy, New Jersey

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7:40 pm PST, Feb 15, Lauren Barton, Australia

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4:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Dianna Sanislo, Pennsylvania

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2:35 pm PST, Feb 10, Tori Rumbaugh, California

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7:27 pm PST, Jan 20, Dakota Savage, California

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1:30 am PST, Jan 15, Kathleen Roby, Ohio

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3:35 pm PST, Jan 7, Susan Westberg, Washington

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8:27 pm PST, Jan 6, Rachel Smith, Nebraska
There are innocent people that need help. Please help them. I am only one person, but I know I can change the world.

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9:22 am PST, Dec 29, Danille Baptista, Alabama

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9:35 pm PST, Dec 28, LISA NORTHRUP, Florida

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7:06 am PST, Dec 27, Jessica-Dawn Drouin, Canada

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8:06 am PST, Dec 22, Susan Walker, California

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9:23 am PST, Dec 20, Zaina Escandon Francis, Guatemala

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12:56 pm PST, Dec 19, Kay Handy, Texas

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8:48 am PST, Dec 16, Robin Davis, Pennsylvania

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5:35 am PST, Dec 13, Joseph Klawiter, Virginia
Katrina was unplanned for, but our help is. They need our help.

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9:04 am PST, Dec 12, Clint Roberts, Georgia

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10:34 pm PST, Dec 9, Angelica Escobedo, California

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9:09 am PST, Dec 7, Jennifer Megeney, Canada

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3:11 pm PST, Dec 6, Cherish Henwood, New Jersey

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12:14 pm PST, Nov 21, Alan Stout, Illinois

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8:54 am PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, Nebraska

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1:27 pm PST, Nov 16, Rena Wu, New York

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8:57 am PST, Oct 31, Jason Lutz, New Jersey
I support this because the people of New Orleans didn't ask for the hurricane to come and it's not their fault that they got hurt by Katrina, so it's the country's responsibility to provide medical care to the hurt victims.

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1:33 am PDT, Oct 24, Maria Romano, New York

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9:24 am PDT, Oct 18, Debbie Pintacura, California

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6:09 pm PDT, Oct 15, Amber Vann, Florida

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