March 23, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of the largest overhaul of health care system in the United States. Health care reform lowers the cost of health care, increases the number of health care providers, holds health insurance companies accountable, improves the quality of health care and extends health coverage to 32 million people. Call your Representative and let them know that you are celebrating health care reform!

To call your Representative, follow these simple steps:

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. It is best to call in the morning Eastern Time to avoid problems because of different time zones between your state and Washington, D.C.

When the switchboard operators answer, ask to be connected to the office of your Representative.

In order to speak with your Representative’s office, you will need to give the operator your zip code. In some cases, there are more than one congressional districts within a zip code, so you may need to give the operator your full address to determine the correct Representative.

The operator will then connect you to your Representative’s office.

Sample Scripts:

As your constituent, I am celebrating the one-year anniversary of health care reform and wanted my Representative to know it is important to our communities! Health care reform will expand affordable health coverage to at least 30 million people in the United States. Please let Representative (insert last name) know how important health care reform is to (his or her) constituents!

As your constituent, I am celebrating the one-year anniversary of health care reform and wanted my Representative to know it is important to our communities! The first year of health care reform has brought many benefits to our communities and there are more to come. Please let Representative (insert last name) know how important health care reform is to (his or her) constituents!