Julia Louis-Dreyfushas a message for American citizens ahead of the upcoming midterm election: Don’t just vote — volunteer.
As a group of Democratic volunteers from around California offer their own reasons for getting involved — protecting the environment, supporting women’s rights, fighting for immigration reform — Louis-Dreyfus opens up about a cause that hits close to home: affordable health care. (She announced she wasdiagnosed with breast cancerlast September.)
“I’m a cancer survivor, and I am really lucky because I had access to excellent health insurance, even with a preexisting condition. That’s the way it should be for absolutely everybody, and it’s not,” she says. “The Republican Congress is making it worse, but the Democrats can change that.”
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Sitting down with PEOPLE, Louis-Dreyfus, 57, says that health care is “hugely important” to her specifically in light of her cancer diagnosis.
“It is not lost on me how dire my circumstances would be if I did not have really strong insurance through my union,” she says. “I can’t say it’s a club I ever really wanted to be a part of, but now that I am part of it, I’m delighted to help those who need help. I guess you could say that’s a huge silver lining to all of this horribleness — being able to help others who are in the same spot. And that is quite gratifying.”
And the actress, whocompleted her treatmentearlier this year andrecently returned to work on the HBO comedy, says she’s “feeling well.”
“I am very grateful to myVeepcrew — all of them, cast, writers, crew, everybody above and below the line — who have waited out this period of time,” she says. “But I’m feeling good and feeling quite ready and delighted to focus on funny things as opposed to things that aren’t quite so funny.”
To find out where and when you can volunteer, go tomultiplyyourvote.org.
source: people.com
