Greater Indianapolis for Change endorses Health Care Reform Action

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Greater Indianapolis for Change endorses Health Care Reform Action. Our Health Care Action Team believes that meaningful reform requires a public option to compete with private health insurance plans, in order to bring costs down.

Senators Snowe (R, ME), Baucus (D, MT; Chairman, Senate Finance Committee) and Nelson (D, NE) are proposing that consideration of a public option alternative to commercial health insurance should be delayed until we can find out if insurance companies can figure out how to expand coverage and reduce costs. This is a thinly veiled attempt to kill the public option. It makes no sense that the insurance industry, whose policies are responsible for much of our problems with health care, has a real stake in real reform except to protect their ability to maximize profits at the expense of public health.

Please act on this. Call Senators Bayh and Lugar, or send them letters or emails. Let them know that the reform we voted for requires a public option.

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Here a couple of links to articles with more details about the issue:

Some senators say they may support delaying creation of a new public health insurance program to first find out if private insurers can do enough to expand coverage and reduce costs.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aZH_tU6TpHeM&refer=us



Paul Krugman’s comments on the insurance industry’s stance.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=public%20option&st=cse

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Thanks for your support of this very important issue.


Ed Harper

GIfC Health Care Action Group




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Senator Richard Lugar (Republican)

Mailing Addresses and Phone Numbers:

Washington, D.C. Office:

306 Hart Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-1401
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Indianapolis Office:

1180 Market Tower, 10 West Market Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: lugar.senate.gov



Senator Evan Bayh (Democrat)

Mailing Addresses and Phone Numbers:

Washington, D.C. Office:

131 Russell Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-1404
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Indianapolis Office:

1650 Market Tower, 10 West Market Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Email: Contact Senator Evan Bayh via his Web Form at www.bayh.senate.gov



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