National Day of Action for Medicare for All (Single-Payer) May 30th

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-The national days of action will take place in May and June on different dates in specific cities. They will not all take place on May 30th, so check your city to find out when your local action will take place.-

May 30th: National Day of Action

Nationwide Rallies for Improved Medicare for All

Join thousands of single-payer supporters in a nationwide week of action to support improved Medicare for all (HR 676). Single-payer activists will be gathering all over the country to say, "Healthcare, yes; Insurance companies, no," and to show solidarity with demonstrations at the AHIP (American Health Insurance Plans, a private health insurance lobby) conference in San Diego.

If an action isn't already in your city, plan your own day of action! It can be a town hall meeting, demonstration in front of a local insurance company, film showing, vigil, or your own unique idea. Let us know what you'd like to start planning by contacting [e-mail].

47 million Americans are uninsured. Private insurance rates are rising faster than inflation and our incomes. By 2025 the cost of private health insurance will exceed our projected income.

national, single-payer healthcare system is the only healthcare reform option that will cover every American resident while saving us billions of dollars. The majority of Americans want it. The majority of physicians want it. The only thing missing is the political will in Washington.

Improved Medicare for All: We can do it!

Sponsored by:

The Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care
Healthcare-NOW!
Progressive Democrats of America
CNA/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Physicians for a National Health Program
Americans for Democratic Action

Demonstration Locations

Planning is happening in:
Albany, NY - May 27th
Atlana, GA - May 27th
Augusta, ME - May 30th
Austin, TX - May 30th
Billings, MT - May 16th
Boston, MA - May 30th
Denver, CO - May 30th
Elmwood Park, NJ - June 5
Indianapolis, IN - May 20th
Lawrence, KS - May 30th
Littleton, CO - May 30th
Louisville, KY - May 28th
Middleton, CT - May 28th
New Albany, IN - May 30th
New York City, NY - May 30th
Northampton, MA - TBA
Philadelphia, PA - May 30th
Pittsburgh, PA - May 29th
Phoenix, AZ - May 30th
Pontiac, MI - June 16th
Princeton, NJ - May 31st
Rochester, NY - May 30th
San Diego, CA - June 3rd
San Francisco, CA - TBA
Seattle, WA - May 30th
Tampa, FL - TBA
Topeka, KS - May 30th
Towson, MD - May 30th
Wheaton, MD - May 30th

For more information visit:

http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/may-30th-day-of-action/

[Better Believe It]

1. Labor supports Nationwide Days of Action May 27-June 3

Labor Campaign for Single Payer Joins the
Call for "Nationwide Days of Action for
Single Payer May 27--June 3"


The debate over healthcare reform is heating up. President Obama has called on Congress to enact major reform legislation by the fall of this year. Opponents of real reform, led by the health insurance industry, are moving heaven and earth to make sure that the voices in support of single payer Medicare for All are frozen out of these discussions. It is urgent that those of us who stand with the American people in the belief that healthcare is a basic human right be heard now.
To that end, the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Healthcare-- the national coalition of single payer advocacy organizations--has called for a Nationwide Day of Action for Single Payer between May 27 and June 3. This coincides with the Memorial Day recess when most members of Congress will be in their home districts. From Augusta, Maine to San Diego, California, activists are planning demonstrations, marches and rallies that target the health insurance industry and demand that their congressional representatives sign on as co-sponsors of House bill 676 and Senate Bill 703. They will also ask them to use their influence to ensure that single payer proposals are given the same consideration as all other credible healthcare reform proposals in the upcoming congressional hearings.

We call on all labor organizations that have endorsed HR 676 to join with the organizers of actions in their area and work with them to plan a powerful public event. If no event is planned in your area, we ask that you take the lead and begin to assemble a group of single payer allies to plan a joint action. The Labor Campaign for Single Payer can assist you in planning and publicizing an event and reaching out to other single payer supporters.

Contact national coordinator Mark Dudzic at [e-mail] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 201-314-2653.

http://www.laborforsinglepayer.org/

[DrToast]

2. I'll bring the tea bags!

:P

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3. I wish your post did not exist. Why demean a serious OP with so-

called jokes.

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4. Baucus is using the people's health as a trump card.....

Baucus is using the people's health as a trump card.....
Posted Mon May-11-09 12:09 PM





http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/nation/ny-usschu1012748442may09,0,5696009.story


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"Plan USA" must play by the same rules as private insurers, be run separately from the federal entity overseeing the insurance market, and pay health care providers more than Medicare.- - compromise could cost more and save less, said Karen Davis of The Commonwealth Fund, but would still work.- - The final health-care bill might drop the public plan. Baucus has said he might use the public plan as a bargaining chip for concessions by insurers. Indeed, the prospect of government competition led Ignagni to offer to end higher premiums for women, older people and the ill.............

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5. **needs some REcs please

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6. Highly recommended and kicked

Great news! Organize. Organize. Organize.

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7. Pass this onto all you know and post on other blogs. Thanks

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8. K & R!

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9. K+R

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10. K&R

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[Doremus]

11. K&R

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12. Kick for mid tues am.

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13. K&R