11-22-08, 11:03 am
There are times in history when you and I must take action. This is one of those times. An Obama Presidency and a Democratic Congress gives us the best chance yet to win a national, single-payer healthcare system in the US.
We worked hard to build a movement for HR 676. This is where we’ve always wanted to be.
We face some challenges. Fresh off the $700 billion bailout of the banks, a GM bailout is now hanging in the balance. We can, and must, convince Washington that a single-payer, national healthcare system is the best way to help the auto industry. HR 676, the legislation we seek, will save auto companies millions of dollars in healthcare costs for their workers and retirees. It must be part of any recovery plan.
HR 676 will keep jobs here in the US!
It will be up to the new Congress to do the right thing and pass national, single-payer legislation. Saving a ton of money, and getting the insurance companies out of control, is big goal for all of us.
We can do this.
You have supported Healthcare-NOW as we have promoted single-payer healthcare, and we’ve made great progress. Please send a contribution today to keep us working and on track. Just make a credit card donation via the website or send a check to Healthcare-NOW, 339 Lafayette Street, NYC 10012.
ACTIONS
Send Us Your Contact Information In order to effectively organize our supporters, we need to start contacting you by Congressional district. Please send us along your detailed contact information by visiting http://www.Healthcare-Now.org/contact/. We never share your information with anyone.
Contact Senator Kennedy Sen. Kennedy has instructed the staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee to begin working on a comprehensive healthcare bill to be presented in the next Congress that convenes in early January.
We need to convince Senator Kennedy to support HR 676 and national, single-payer healthcare. Please visit our site () for a sample letter to send to Sen. Kennedy.
Contact Your Congressperson We also need you to contact your Congressperson to make sure that s/he co-sponsors HR 676 this January when it’s reintroduced. And if he or she wasn’t a co-sponsor before, then get them on board. For a list of co-sponsors, visit our site. Don’t know your Rep? Visit .
Attend Obama’s Inauguration Barack Obama will be inaugurated on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. If you’ll be there, we’re going to have pick-up spots for single-payer signs. Let Barack know that HR 676 is wildly popular andnecessary to recover our economy. We’ll announce pick-up spots soon.
New Web site If you don’t already know, visit to see our new site. We updated its look and made it easier for you to find the latest single-payer news, resources, and Healthcare-NOW announcements.
Once you’re there, check out our 2008 Year in Review video on the front page to see what we’ve been up to.
Now is the time. We need your energy and support more than ever!
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
HR 676 would implement an expanded and improved Medicare-for-All system by removing for-profit private health insurance and providing a publicly funded, privately implemented comprehensive, guaranteed national healthcare system with everybody in and nobody left out.
