Labor Campaign for Single-payer Healthcare Is A Right—Not A Privilege

[Omaha Steve]

http://unionreview.com/labor-campaign-single-payer-healthcare-right%E2%80%94not-privilege

Labor Campaign for Single-payer
Healthcare Is A Right—Not A Privilege

Media Advisory
January 8, 2009
Contact: Mark Dudzic, 201-314-2653

Hundreds to Convene in St. Louis Saturday to Press for Single-Payer Healthcare Reform

Labor, activists from across U.S. kick-off coordinated grassroots campaign

St. Louis – Some 150 union leaders, joined by nurses, physicians, healthcare reform, and community activists from coast to coast will gather in St. Louis this weekend to step up the grassroots campaign to enact comprehensive national healthcare reform. The group is promoting a single-payer plan, like Medicare, improved and expanded to cover everyone.

The national kick-off meeting is convened by Labor for Single-Payer Healthcare, a campaign spearheaded by scores of trade union organizations. The national single-payer bill, HR 676 – expected to be reintroduced in Congress later this month – has been endorsed by 39 state AFL-CIO federations, 100 Central Labor Councils, and more than 400 local unions. The bill has 92 co-sponsors in Congress, more than any other health care reform bill.

When: January 10-11, 2009
Where: Crowne Plaza, 200 North 4th St., St. Louis

(Note: news media are welcome to attend the opening session, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 10, and conference attendees are available for interviews throughout the weekend by calling 201-314-2653)

Speakers at the conference are expected to include Missouri AFL-CIO President Hugh McVay, St. Louis Central Labor Council President Bob Soutier, and California School Employees Association Past President Clyde Rivers.


FULL story at link.

[bluethruandthru]

1. This is great!

With even the vast majority of our Dem leaders against single payer universal...it's going to take a huge groundswell from the people to get this going.

[Breeze54]

3. And that is just pathetic and tells us how many DLCers we have in office!

:grr: :nuke:

[bluethruandthru]

4. We need to let our elected officials know that

we demand single payer universal and nothing in between is acceptable. It's time to get "insurance" out of health care. There is no need for insurance.

[Breeze54]

2. But what about what's his face? Gumpta?

Obama's pick for the Surgeon General?

He's against Universal Healthcare!!!!!

:wtf: IS Obama thinking!?! :grr:

:banghead:

:kick: & Recommended

[Dragonfli]

5. It Would Appear he may be thinking this may be a much better idea

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4794449

Vouchers and insurance + universal health care = "compromise" perfection....
...:eyes: