Speaker Paul Ryan’s office is conducting a brief yes/no phone survey– the only question is “do you support President Obama’s Health Care Bill?”
You will have to listen to a somewhat biased history of the bill, but at the end, you can press a button (and NOT TALK TO A PERSON– perfect for people like me with phone anxiety) and register your opinion about ACA. There is also an option to leave a message but as of tonight the mailbox was full.
(202) 225-3031 is the number! Good luck! This is a super small-effort thing that you can do without feeling self-conscious.
I can find literally nothing about this survey news-wise, aside from a pretty random reference to it on reddit, but sure enough when I called the number and pressed the number to “share your opinion on health care,” there was a survey question (after, yes, a pretty biased “here’s what we want to do to repeal the EVIL HEALTHCARE LAW” spiel). So whatever Ryan’s doing, I guess he now has my button press vote too.
In the meantime, dudes do this! Please be warned that after you call there’s a weird-ass 30 second silence before the automated message kicks in. Just roll with it.
Ok that was thoroughly bizarre. It gave me the distinct impression that Ryan doesn’t actually want to talk to his constituents. Plus, yeah, the recorded
messagepropaganda is troubling.TBH I’m not a fan of the actual ACA, I’ve had concerns about its economic structure from the beginning that I think are being borne out. But I am 100% in favor of universal health care, and I 100% do not trust Ryan to offer a plan that will protect the people I care about. So yeah, given 1: support the ACA or 2: support letting the other side get their hands on healthcare? Heck yeah I pressed 1.
Passing this on.
I can’t help but guess they don’t want media coverage–They want a large response from a very specific demographic so they can announce stats of how people want to repeal ACA nearly unanimously.
So yeah. Do this. I will after work.
Thoughtfulfangirling 