Quality, Affordable Health Care for All

Dear AMSA PA Lobby Day participants,

Amazing work!  Last Monday, 57 of us from five universities across Pennsylvania converged on Harrisburg to lobby in support of a bill that would provide guaranteed, comprehensive, publicly-funded healthcare for all PA residents.  And we rocked the Capitol.  

• We visited 74 offices, meeting with 24 legislators and 27 legislative aids, leaving notes and information with the rest.  
• Of the 51 legislators and aids whom we met with, 33 responded positively to the bill, 23 were open to sponsoring a hearing in their area, and 36 expressed interest in sponsoring an economic impact study.
• Of the 34 people we met with who hadn't previously co-sponsored the bill, 13 Democrats and 12 Republicans responded positively to the idea of co-sponoring the bill, holding a hearing on it, or sponsoring an economic impact study.
• Of these 34 that had not supported the bill in the past, seven said they would co-sponsor the bill and nine said they were interested in possibly co-sponsoring!

This was only our second AMSA PA Lobby Day.  Compared with last year, the number of participants doubled and we had a far greater impact -- thanks to all of you and especially the lobby day school leaders!  Next year, it will rock even harder.

You'll be hearing more from us on how to follow up with the representatives soon.

If you haven't joined AMSA yet, what are you waiting for!? AMSA is a great organization to be a part of and you'll get to participate in more events like this one nationally.  Just go to http://www.amsa.org/member/mbrapp.cfm to sign up!

Thank you all so much for participating. We are already excited for the fall, and we look forward to seeing you and your friends then. Have a great summer!!

Wes & Gabe