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Fax a flyer to Senators; Pass Strong Healthcare Bill. Easy 1 click online method
Jun 22, 2009

Focus:Health
Action Request:Petition
Location:United States

Click here today and we'll fax a flier to Sens. Boxer and Feinstein on your behalf,asking them to support a strongpublic health insurance option.

 
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Health care reform is in trouble in the Senate.

Conservatives in Congress, including some Democrats, are trying to kill Obama's public health insurance option not by opposing it outright, but by pushing weak half-measures and calling them "public plans."1 The latest is a proposal for small, regional "co-ops" that would have no chance of competing against insurance companies to bring costs down.2

If we act immediately, we have a good shot at defeating ploys like the "co-op." The key is to make it clear that we support a strong public health insurance option and lay out exactly what that means.

Click below and we'll fax a flier in your name (for free!) to Sens. Boxer and Feinstein that sets the bar for a strong public health insurance option. Faxes come directly into the office, so staffers are guaranteed to see them. And if enough of us send faxes, staffers will pass the flier on to their senator.

http://pol.moveon.org/fax?tg=FSCA_2.FSCA_1&cp_id=967&id=16427-8424909-UAPGdzx&t=3

It's up to us to remind our senators that an overwhelming majority of Americans—83%—supports a public health insurance option,3 and that weak half-measures like the "co-op" plan are no substitute for real reform.

The flier says: "A strong public health insurance option must be part of health care reform this year," and outlines key criteria that a plan must be based upon: 
  • Available to all of us: A strong public health insurance option should be available to anyone who chooses to participate. If you like your current plan, you can keep it; if you want to participate in the public health insurance plan, you can choose that.
  • A national plan with real bargaining clout: In order to truly control costs and compete with private health insurance plans, a strong public health insurance option must be available nationwide.
  • Ready on day one: Every day we wait on real reform, health care costs continue to rise. A strong public health insurance option with a broad network of providers right out of the gate is key to building a competitive program that will help control costs.
  • A truly public plan: To ensure it's held to the highest standards of accountability, a public health insurance option must be truly publicly run—accountable and transparent to Congress and to voters.

If thousands of us send faxes to Senate offices this week, we can make sure that message is heard loud and clear. Can you fax Sens. Boxer and Feinstein today? Click below and we'll send one for you: 

http://pol.moveon.org/fax?tg=FSCA_2.FSCA_1&cp_id=967&id=16427-8424909-UAPGdzx&t=4 

Thanks for all that you do.

–Patrick S., Kat, Justin, Wes, and the rest of the team

Sources: 

1. "A Public Health Plan," The New York Times, June 21, 2009. 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51519&id=16427-8424909-UAPGdzx&t=5

2. "A co-op for the public option? Let's talk principles," The Now! Blog, June 12, 2009. 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51498&id=16427-8424909-UAPGdzx&t=6

3. "New Poll Shows Tremendous Support for Public Health Care Option," Blog for Our Future, June 15, 2009 
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51510&id=16427-8424909-UAPGdzx&t=7

 

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Evelyn B. (41) 		Tuesday August 4, 2009, 1:06 pm
Have you read the complete Health Care Bill? Not the Utopia you think. Did you know it has on page 434-435 the following:
SEC. 1234. PART B SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD AND WAIVER OF LIMITED ENROLLMENT PENALTY FOR TRICARE BENEFICIARIES. (a) PART B SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD.--(1) IN GENERAL.--Section 1837 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p) is amended…..
(4) The SECRETARY OF DEFENSE shall establish a method for identifying individuals described in paragraph (1) and providing notice to them of their eligibility for enrollment during the special enrollment period described in paragraph (2).
WHAT DOES THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAVE TO DO WITH AMERICAN CITIZENS HEALTH CARE ENROLLMENT? Currently government notification for enrollment, and changes in benefits for Medicare/Medicaid are handled by The Social Security Department, or at the state level for Welfare services by the Social Services Departments, NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
No matter how great the idea, how perfect it sounds, we really need to take the time to read and consider every word being put in the bills being pushed through the government. We need to follow the old but very good advise or reading and understanding before we sign, agree to or accept as a law any document that will impact or govern our lives. If these ideas and bills are as great as the politicians are saying then what is being proposed in writing should hold up to very close scrutiny and questions from all the people. No bill should be rushed through without our full knowledge of every word, the implications and full impact possible on every citizen. Read in my Sharebook the section in the bill regarding "end-care." Read carefully as to who will make the decisions regarding our care, who receives what care and the expensive Federal and State, directed by the Federal, bureaucracy to make sure everyone is registered and under those mandatory directives. The money to run this huge bureaucracy will come from TAXes, we will be paying more and more, only without the control and freedom of choice for loved ones and our own care. Read the bill, every word of it, do not be lead blindly.

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