Tell Congress: Pass the Build Back Better Act

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many aspects of our country affecting lung health that are in desperate need of attention, reform and investment. Particularly for those impacted by or at risk for lung disease and those exposed to air pollution, this pandemic has been devastating.

Help us keep up the pressure on Congress to invest in a healthier future.

Congress is close to finalizing the Build Back Better Act, which would invest in a healthier future for our families and communities.

Now is the time to stay laser-focused on the ways this bill could improve lung health -- and help Congress stay focused on them too.

Our outreach to Congress is working, so please keep it up. Join us in calling on Congress to:

Invest in the transition to zero-emission vehicles, including school buses
Invest in clean, non-combustion renewable electricity
Prioritize frontline communities for pollution cleanup
Extend the expansion of healthcare premium subsidies
Close the Medicaid coverage gap
Permanently fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Ensure continuous eligibility for children in Medicaid and CHIP
Reduce youth tobacco use by increasing federal taxes on e-cigarettes and other tobacco products

Please contact your members of Congress today.

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Support Investments that Improve Lung Health

Dear [Decision Maker],

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As your constituent, I'm writing today to ask you to support the Build Back Better Act and its investments that improve health equity, access to quality and affordable healthcare, clean air and a safer climate. You have a timely opportunity to build a healthier nation both now and into the future.

Now, I'm calling on you to protect my family's lungs for the long term. All people need quality, affordable and accessible healthcare and protection from unhealthy air pollution and the consequences of climate change. It's critical that you act to prevent these impacts and ensure access to quality and affordable healthcare in order to protect our lungs.

Please support the Build Back Better Act and, within it, the following actions to benefit lung health:

-Continue investments in quality, affordable and accessible healthcare by extending the expansion of advance premium tax credits (APTCs) enacted in the American Rescue Plan, permanently funding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), ensuring continuous eligibility for children in Medicaid and CHIP and closing the Medicaid coverage gap. 
 
-Invest in the transition to zero-emission vehicles and heavy-duty equipment, including cars, trucks, transit, school buses and port infrastructure. Ensure further progress with updates to tax credits and robust investment in a national charging infrastructure network.

-Invest in clean, non-combustion renewable electricity, including through tax credits, in a way that places health and equity at the forefront and defines "clean" as wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable, non-combustion sources.

-Ensure overall infrastructure investments reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution and prioritize cleanup in underserved communities.

-Reduce youth tobacco use and save lives by taxing e-cigarettes and other tobacco products to address the youth e-cigarette epidemic.

I strongly urge you to move quickly to pass the Build Back Better Act and protect my and my family's lungs into the future.

Thank you.
[Your Name]
[Your Address]
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