PUBLIC OPTION IN HEALTHCARE IS ALIVE AGAIN!!!!!
Glory, Glory, Halleluia!
The Public Option LIVES!!!!
For months now D.C. insiders and T.V. blowhards have said the public option is dead, but Senator Michael Bennet from Colorado just proved them wrong and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Jeff Merkley (OR), and Sherrod Brown (OH) have already stood up to join him.
These four Senate Healthcare Heroes are circulating a letter calling on Majority Leader Reid to use reconciliation to pass healthcare reform with the choice of a public option.
[Many Senators] publicly stated last year that they would vote for a public option if it was in the final bill. Now it's time for them to prove it. Call and demand they sign on to Senator Bennet's Public Option letter right now. Visit www.Senate.gov and contact your Senator today! Please take 3 - 5 minutes to let your Senator hear from you to renew his or her support the Public Option!!
Thanks to your hard work, 120 House Democrats signed and delivered the Polis/Pingree letter to Harry Reid a little over a week ago.
Four Senate Healthcare Heroes saw that leadership and your hard work -- and aren't sitting around and hoping for change -- they're taking the lead and making it happen.
Think of it this way: if this was a football game, House Democrats threw the Senate a Hail Mary pass and these four Senators just caught it. But now, they have to score the touchdown. That means we need to call on other Senators to join them.
So today, members of Democracy for America, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, CREDO Action, and MoveOn are calling their Senators and demanding they sign Senator Bennet's Public Option letter too -- and join these Healthcare Heroes in fighting for real reform.
Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America
The Public Option LIVES!!!!
For months now D.C. insiders and T.V. blowhards have said the public option is dead, but Senator Michael Bennet from Colorado just proved them wrong and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Jeff Merkley (OR), and Sherrod Brown (OH) have already stood up to join him.
These four Senate Healthcare Heroes are circulating a letter calling on Majority Leader Reid to use reconciliation to pass healthcare reform with the choice of a public option.
[Many Senators] publicly stated last year that they would vote for a public option if it was in the final bill. Now it's time for them to prove it. Call and demand they sign on to Senator Bennet's Public Option letter right now. Visit www.Senate.gov and contact your Senator today! Please take 3 - 5 minutes to let your Senator hear from you to renew his or her support the Public Option!!
Thanks to your hard work, 120 House Democrats signed and delivered the Polis/Pingree letter to Harry Reid a little over a week ago.
Four Senate Healthcare Heroes saw that leadership and your hard work -- and aren't sitting around and hoping for change -- they're taking the lead and making it happen.
Think of it this way: if this was a football game, House Democrats threw the Senate a Hail Mary pass and these four Senators just caught it. But now, they have to score the touchdown. That means we need to call on other Senators to join them.
So today, members of Democracy for America, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, CREDO Action, and MoveOn are calling their Senators and demanding they sign Senator Bennet's Public Option letter too -- and join these Healthcare Heroes in fighting for real reform.
Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America
“Do not walk away from (health care) reform. Not now. Not when we are so close. Let’s find a way to come together and finish the job for the American people,” President Barack Obama said in his recent State of the Union Address.
“…Democrats - if we walk away, we know what will happen. We know that premiums and out-of-pocket expenses will skyrocket this decade and the decade after that and a decade after that just as they did in the past decade. More small businesses will be priced out of coverage. More big businesses will be unable to compete internationally. More workers will take home less pay and fewer raises. We know that millions more Americans will lose their coverage. We know that our deficits will inexorably continue to grow because health care costs are the single biggest driver.
So just in case there's any confusion out there, let me be clear: I am not going to walk away from health insurance reform. I'm not going to walk away from the American people. I'm not going to walk away on this challenge.”