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 Representatives and Senators on Twitter and let them know you are celebrating health care reform!
For the U.S. House of Representatives:
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 the Twitter page 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 Twitter page, click on the Twitter icon to visit the page.
Copy or remember your Representative’s Twitter handle (@username). We also encourage you to follow your Representative.
Log in to your Twitter account and post a Twitter message.
For the U.S. Senate:
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 Twitter information for your Senators. Senators are listed in alphabetical order by state.
If your Senators have Twitter pages, click on the Twitter icons to visit the pages.
Copy or remember your Senators’ Twitter handles (@username). We also encourage you to follow your Senators.
Log in to your Twitter account and post a Twitter message.
Post a Twitter message to your Representative and your Senators:
Important: Please use the hashtag #HCRturns1 in all of your Twitter messages. Using hashtags helps to aggregate data on what people are talking about on Twitter and will also help us measure the breadth of this online campaign. You can also include hashtags for your city and state, such as #SF (San Francisco), #BayArea (San Francisco Bay Area), #DC (Washington, DC), and #DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia)
Example Messages:
@maziehirono Today marks the 1 yr anniversary of #HCR. Celebrate with me as we all commit to keep families in #HI healthy! #HCRturns1
@jim_moran Happy Birthday ACA! I am celebrating the 1 yr anniversary of #HCR & the benefits it brings to our #VA communities. #HCRturns1
@SpeakerBoehner Happy Birthday ACA! I celebrate #HCR and the access to care it brings to communities in #OH. #HCRturns1
Important: You are only allowed to use 140 characters in a Twitter message. The message may need to be changed depending on the length of the twitter handle (@username), use of the hashtag #HCRturns1, as well as use of hashtags for your city and state, and other factors.