David Ward
The Direct Care Alliance thanks the Senate for passing its version of the health care reform bill, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on Christmas Eve.
This is another big step toward ensuring that health care is affordable for millions of currently uninsured Americans – including hundreds of thousands of direct care workers. As the advocacy voice for more than three million direct care workers, we are excited to see our government so close to guaranteeing affordable, quality health insurance for all Americans.
Both the House and Senate are now working to merge the two bills. Once both chambers of Congress pass a single health care reform bill, the President will either sign the bill into law or veto the bill and return it to Congress.
We are also grateful to all of our constituents and allies who have already contacted their representatives to urge them to pass this bill. Please continue to tell your representatives why health care reform matters to you and why it is important that they pass the final version of the bill. To locate your senators and members of Congress, call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.
David Ward
Director of Policy and Planning
Direct Care Alliance
