Help us get co-sponsors for the Wellstone bill!

Take action by Tuesday, March 6, 2007

As you probably know, Congressmen Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Jim Ramstad (R-MN) are introducing a strong new version of the Wellstone bill for mental health fairness. The bill, called the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, will finish the work that Senator Wellstone and others started long ago to end discrimination against people suffering from mental illness and addiction.

Now Congressmen Kennedy and Ramstad need our help. On March 7, they plan to formally introduce the bill in the House, with a goal of having at least 218 co-sponsors. Today, they have 160 co-sponsors. We have some work to do!

Here's how you can help. First, click here to see if your representative has already signed on as a co-sponsor.

Next, call the toll-free mental health parity hotline: 1-866-PARITY4 (1-866-727-4894) to reach your member of Congress and either urge them to sign on as a co-sponsor or thank them for already doing so (part of successful organizing is thanking elected officials when they do the right thing!).

That's it -- a short, toll-free phone call that will help Congressmen Kennedy and Ramstad introduce this important bill with a majority of their colleagues as co-sponsors. For more information about the Wellstone bill and other ways you can help us get it passed, visit our website, http://www.wellstone.org/ .

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