3. Write

***OPEN YOUR REPRESENTATIVES' CONTACT PAGES IN SEPARATE TABS FOR COPY & PASTING***

Pennsylvania Representatives:

Senate:

Senator Arlen Specter (D- PA)

Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D- PA)

House:

District Map

Zoomed District Map

1st District:

Representative Robert Brady (D - 01)

2nd District:

Representative Chaka Fattah (D - 02)

Not sure of your district and/or live/vote outside of PA? Find you representatives here: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVE

***SUGGESTED FORMAT -- Copy and Paste All, Some, or None into Your Letter Below***

Dear [Congressman]/[Congresswoman]/[Senator] [YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS]:

My name is [YOUR NAME]. I am a [YOUR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL] student at [YOUR UNIVERSITY] in Philadelphia, PA. As a future health care professional I am intimately and uniquely invested in the future system that the current health care policy debate will create –as I will be both a provider and recipient of care within that system. As members of the health care community, it is our duty to assure that policymakers hear the student voice -- as we will be the ones who must directly confront whatever comes out of Washington. As a student who will soon be thoroughly connected to the health care system, I am motivated by my ideals to help my fellow citizens but am sobered by the severe problems that characterize the current landscape. We must do better.

We must do better by: [SPECIFY WAYS TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM]

[YOUR POINTS]

In the end, we must do better by creating a system that enables health professionals to best provide for their patients -- and create a health care environment that emphasizes access, quality, and safety. We advocate for policies that support such a system. As an involved, vocal, and active member of your constituency, I expect you, as my representative in Congress, to promote the health and wellness of our community. Please join me in the fight for improved health care for our fellow citizens.

Specifically I support [ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO SUPPORT/VOTE FOR A SPECIFIC STANCE.

OPTIONS INCLUDE:

• . . . your working with the President to pass legislation to improve health care.

• . . . your voting for the President’s proposal.

• . . . your voting for the Senate’s version of the bill.

• . . . your voting for any reform bill.

• . . . your voting against all current health care reform bills.

• . . . your advancing of Republican health care priorities.

• . . . your advancing of a more progressive health care reform option.

• . . . your advancing of priorities including: . . .]

Sincerely,

[NAME

DEGREE PROGRAM

SCHOOL]