Subscribe to Dollars & Sense magazine. Recent articles related to the financial crisis. National Call-In Day for HR 676From Healthcare-NOW!:Give America a Gift: Single-Payer National Healthcare Dear Healthcare-NOW! Supporter, This is your reminder that Monday, December 22nd, is the National Call-In Day to Support Single-Payer Healthcare, HR 676! With your help for just a few minutes, we can get the message through to Congress that we want to remove corporate greed from our healthcare system and provide a truly equitable, guaranteed healthcare program for everyone. Every call counts! Call to guarantee our representatives hear loud and clear from their constituents to get on board with HR 676: single-payer national health care Here's how: 1) Find out if your representative supports HR 676. 2) Fax or call your federal Representative.* If you don't know your congresspersons' district office phone number, please follow these five easy steps: 1. Go to www.VoteSmart.org. 2. Enter your ZIP code in the top left of the page. 3. Click on a congressperson. 4. Click on "Complete Contact Information" under their photo. 5. Their district office phone number and address are under their photo. 3) Ask for the Chief of Staff or Health Care Aide to leave your message and use these scripts to help shape the message of your call. HR676 Co-sponsor call: Hi, my name is ----------------. I am calling to thank Representative ___________________ for his/her support of HR676, John Conyers' National Health Insurance Act. Rep. Conyers plans to reintroduce HR676 shortly after the Congress is back in session in January, but I want to reaffirm my support for HR676, single payer healthcare legislation and ask Rep. ____________________ to do the same by signing on again as a co-sponsor working for true reform of this terrible healthcare system. I say no to Massachusetts style health care, and yes to single payer health care as proposed in HR 676. Single payer gives more freedom of choice and access to quality care for patients and it is the most economical way to make sure we all can access care when we need it. Now is the time to give the gift of healthcare for all to every American. Happy holidays and thank you. If you have any questions about single payer or about me, please call me at __________________. Non-co-sponsors call: Hi, my name is ----------------. I am calling to urge Representative ___________________ to support of HR676, John Conyers' National Health Insurance Act. Rep. Conyers plans to reintroduce HR676 shortly after the Congress is back in session in January, and I want to reaffirm my support for HR676, single payer healthcare legislation and ask Rep. ____________________ to do the same by signing on as a co-sponsor and working for true reform of this terrible healthcare system. I say no to Massachusetts style health care, and yes to single payer health care as proposed in HR 676. Single payer gives more freedom of choice and access to quality care for patients and it is the most economical way to make sure we all can access care when we need it. Now is the time to give the gift of healthcare for all to every American. Happy holidays and thank you. If you have any questions about single payer or about me, please call me at __________________. 4) Contact Senator Kennedy at his in-district office. Phone: 617-565-3170 / Fax: 617-565-3183. Senator Kennedy is proposing health care legislation early next year, and he needs to know that we want it to be single-payer. Message to Senator Kennedy: Hi, my name is ----------------. I am calling to urge Senator Kennedy to make his proposed legislation for health care reform single-payer. The current reform in Massachusetts is leaving thousands uninsured and is far too expensive to be sustained because it leaves profit in our health care system. In the most recent election, local ballot initiatives supporting single payer and opposing individual mandates passed by landslide margins in all ten legislative districts where they appeared. With almost all precincts tallied, roughly 73 percent of 181,000 voters in the ten districts voted YES in support of a single-payer system. Say no to Massachusetts style health care, and yes to single payer health care as proposed in HR 676. Happy holidays and thank you. If you have any questions about single payer or about me, please call me at __________________. Please forward this message widely and let us know how your calls went. Thanks for making single-payer national healthcare a priority this holiday season. In peace and health, National Staff Healthcare-NOW! P.S. Healthcare-NOW! survives on the generosity of our supporters. Please consider making a donation to support national efforts to pass HR 676. *Emails can also be sent in support of HR 676, but calls and faxes are considered to be the most effective way to get the word out to elected officials today. Labels: health care, Healthcare NOW, Physicians for a National Health Program, single-payer Please consider donating to Dollars & Sense and/or subscribing to the magazine (both print and e-subscriptions now available!). |
