Friday, January 8, 2010

Now or Never on Health Care


 
Next Wednesday: National Call-In Blitz for Health Care Reform
Deluge the U.S. House with phone calls on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
Demand health care reform that works for working families.


 

Now or Never on Health Care

Get ready: We’re taking the fight for health care reform to the finish line Wednesday, Jan. 13, with a national call-in day.
Pledge now to call your congressional representative and urge your friends to call the House, too.
Our message to representatives:
Vote for health care reform that:
  • DOES NOT tax our health care benefits.
  • Requires employers to pay their fair share.
  • Controls health care costs—and the best way to do that is by creating a public health care insurance plan option.
Pledge now to make your call.
The fight for health care reform has been long and hard—and we’re just weeks away from a final bill merging the versions passed by the House and Senate.
Both bills greatly increase the number of people who will have health care coverage and end some of the most egregious insurance company abuses.
But the bill passed by the House is far better for working families—and now is our time to tell representatives to stick to their guns and vote for health care reform that will really work for working families.
The Senate bill is badly flawed. It would tax middle-class health care benefits, allow employers to escape responsibility for paying a fair share and does not include a public health insurance option to reduce costs and hold insurers accountable.
We’re down to our final opportunities to make sure that health care reform passed this year works for us.
Pledge now that you will call your representative next Wednesday and urge your friends to call, too.
In solidarity,
Marc Laitin
AFL-CIO Online Mobilization Coordinator

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