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. Post a message to your Members of Congress on Facebook and let them know you are celebrating health care reform!
Send Your Representatives a Message on Facebook:
Find your Representative at www.house.gov by entering your zip code into the “Find Your Representative” widget at the top left hand side of the page. When the search results page loads, pay attention to your Representative’s name and district number.
Visit www.govsm.com/w/house to find Facebook information for your Representative. Representatives are listed in alphabetical order by state and listed by district number. Scroll down to your state and look for your Representative by your district number.
If your Representative has a Facebook page, click on the Facebook icon to visit the page.
Log in to your Facebook account. In order to interact with your Representative you will need to “like” his or her fan page.
Sample Message:
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 has already provided a number of benefits, including providing no-cost preventive services and prohibiting insurers from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions.
Send Your Senators a Message on Facebook:
Find your Senators at www.senate.gov by entering your zip code into the “Find Your Senator” widget at the top left hand side of the page.
Visit www.govsm.com/w/senate to find Facebook information for your Senators. Senator are listed in alphabetical order by state.
If your Senators have a Facebook page, click on the Facebook icon to visit the page.
Log in to your Facebook account. In order to interact with your Senators you will need to “like” their fan pages.
Sample Message:
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 has already provided a number of benefits, including providing no-cost preventive services and prohibiting insurers from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions.
Post a message on your own profile and tag your Representatives and Senators.
To tag your Representative or Senator in a Facebook post, in the message box, type @username.
A drop-down box will appear populating names as you enter it in.
Select the name and it will be highlighted in your status update.
Complete the message and click “share.”
Sample Message:
Rep. @[type in Facebook username], 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 has already done a lot, including providing no-cost preventive services and prohibiting insurers from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions.