A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT WATTS



Local 828 president
Bess Watts (photo:
Anne Tischer)

 Dear brothers and sisters of CSEA:

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was signed into law in March of 2010 is an important first step in controlling out of control health care costs and ensuring that all Americans have access to affordable health care coverage.

But Republicans in the House of Representatives now want to take a step back. This week they are expected to vote on repeal of the bill.

Email or write to your Representative today to oppose health care repeal.

A vote for repeal is a vote for:

•Allowing insurance companies to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.

•Allowing insurance companies to charge higher premiums to women.

•Preventing parents from covering their children through age 26.

•Robbing small businesses of tax credits for offering coverage to workers.

•Taking prescription drug money out of seniors’ pockets.

Over the past few years, our union has struggled at the bargaining table to preserve quality health plans in the face of skyrocketing health care costs. The cost of family health plans negotiated by CSEA will be more affordable as more Americans become insured. One study estimated the cost of covering the uninsured added more than $1,000 value to the cost of the typical family health plan.

If the Act is repealed, not only will the uninsured continue to be hampered in their struggle to obtain affordable coverage, but those of us who have insurance will see no cost relief at all. Our struggles to preserve coverage will be more difficult.  We need to act now.

Click here to tell your Representative to vote No on health care repeal.

In Solidarity,

Bess Watts
President, CSEA Monroe County Local 828