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AFSCME Health care reform passes the House. From the AFL-CIO blog: "There’s still a long way to go, but today is a great day for the country and a big step toward a health care system that works for everyone."
Source: blog.aflcio.org
This is what progress looks like. Tonight, by a 220-215 vote, the U.S. House has passed a historic health care reform bill that will improve the nation’s health care system, covering millions of uninsured and making insurance work better for those who have it.
AFSCME URGENT: The House is debating historic health reform legislation right now. Will your representative vote for quality, affordable health care for all Americans, or will they vote for the status quo? Make your voice heard and call now!
Source: www.afscme.org
This is what health reform looks like. Call your Member of Congress right now and demand that they stand for real reform and the middle class by voting YES on the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
AFSCME Listen to Kos: "The big green ad on the site today makes a good point -- make sure you make your voice heard on health care and call your congresscritter to make health care reform happen. Today is the day, folks. No procrastination on this one." Call now: http://bit.ly/FmqPz
Source: www.dailykos.com
We can't sit idly by and let the Right out-do us on this front. Make sure these congresspeople hear from the true majority. Clicking on the ad, AFSCME makes it really easy to call in.
AFSCME The online progressive hub Daily Kos has gone AFSCME green for health care as labor and the netroots work together for change. Check it out at http://dailykos.com and then make sure you call Congress by clicking the link or dialing directly: 314-272-3087.
Source: www.afscmeblog.org
If you’ve visited Daily Kos today, you probably noticed the familiar orange color has been updated with a healthy dose of AFSCME green. We’ve taken out a full-page “skin” ad to make sure people call Congress today in support of the health insurance reform bill.
AFSCME The House of Representatives finally will vote on health care reform legislation as soon as Saturday. Will we meet one of the most important challenges of our generation? With your help - yes we will. Click to call now, we'll connect you.
Source: www.afscme.org
This is what health reform looks like. Call your Member of Congress right now and demand that they stand for real reform and the middle class by voting YES on the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
AFSCME "This is real health care reform." AFSCME President McEntee praises the Affordable Health Care for America Act unveiled this morning by Speaker Pelosi. Read McEntee's statement: http://bit.ly/1GbNHN and then read about the bill:
Source: go.usa.gov
The Affordable Health Care for America Act [H.R. 3962], which blends and updates the three versions of previous bills passed by the House committees of jurisdiction in July, embodies President Obama’s key goals for health reform.
AFSCME President McEntee calls the health care reform bill announced by Senator Reid this afternoon "a significant improvement" over the proposal from the Senate Finance Committee. Read the full statement here: http://bit.ly/34ZTsX
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This afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that the merged Senate health bill would establish a national public option that allows states to opt out of the plan by 2014. http://www.wonkroom.org
AFSCME Yesterday afternoon, AFSCME joined Health Care for America Now and more than 500 union members and health care activists at a rally in DC where giant health insurance lobby group AHIP was meeting as they continue to block real reform: http://bit.ly/jQdS3
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Seven families from around the country appeared at the same hotel as the health insurance lobby's annual State Issues conference in downtown D.C. today to recount the mistreatment they and their loved ones have endured at the hands of the private health insurance industry. ...
AFSCME MoveOn.org has a new ad showing actress Heather Graham as the public option, forcing lazy, bloated private insurance companies to get back in the race and compete.
Source: www.youtube.com
Heather Graham stars as the Public Option in this funny ad, showing how she'll force the lazy, bloated private insurance companies to get back in the game and compete. After all, competition is as American as apple pie. ...
AFSCME Watch this new ad from Health Care for America Now on health insurance companies' efforts to save their profits and stop meaningful reform. We'll be challenging AHIP at their conference in DC today: http://ow.ly/vUDe
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AHIP, the insurance company front group, used their profits to buy a report full of lies attacking health care reform. If the insurance companies win, you lose. http://www.healthcareforamericanow.org
AFSCME Not only do a majority of Americans support a public option, a majority wants the public option more than they want bipartisanship for its own sake. Call Congress and make your voice heard: http://bit.ly/2nklc4
Source: www.afscmeblog.org
Public support for a public health insurance option is increasing, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. 57 percent of all Americans now favor a public option, up from 52 percent in mid-August.
AFSCME We're participating in a national call-in day with dozens of other organizations with the goal to generate 100,000 calls to Congress today. Our message is simple: It's time to deliver real health care reform. Call now.
Source: www.afscme.org
Make a phone call to Congress to demand real health insurance reform! We're making 100,000 calls in one day. If the insurance companies win, we all lose.
AFSCME Last Saturday, AFSCME nurses from around the country joined community leaders in scrubs to canvass neighborhoods and encourage people to call or write their congressional delegation to support real health care reform.
Source: bit.ly
AFSCME nurses knocked on doors in ND, NE, AR, LA, IN, OH, DE and ME and got great press coverage -- check it out.
AFSCME Good, affordable health care is an economic and moral imperative, and we are working hard to make it a reality. But we aren't there yet. The Senate Finance Committee bill is deeply flawed.
Source: bit.ly
We're closer than we've ever been to health insurance reform. We can't afford to let the insurance companies and their lobbyists win. Please add your name to ourpetition to the Senate right now.
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More than sixty percent of the House Democratic Caucus opposes taxing health care benefit plans, which the House Members believe would be passed along by insurers to working families and individuals. http://www.afscmeblog.org/2009/10/08/don
Source: www.afscmeblog.org
Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) announced Wednesday that 156 Democratic members of Congress oppose taxing health care benefit plans to pay for health care reform. Rep. Courtney said:
