Let’s Make History
by Tim Carpenter, March 1, 2007
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” There are times in American history — “perfect storms,” if you will — when forces are in alignment for the passage of a momentous reform that makes our country qualitatively better. In the 1930s, we won union rights and Social Security. In the 1960s, civil rights and
Medicare.
Is this our moment to finally win Universal Health Coverage — improved and expanded Medicare for All? Or at least wage a campaignso powerful that victory will be just around the corner?
We have a Democratic-majority in Congress. A profound crisis with 50 million uninsured Americans, and a similar number under-insured. A New York Times columnist declaring last week that the health insurance business is “a racket.” A presidential campaign in which candidates
are being confronted by voters up close.
And most importantly, we now have the re-introduction of Rep. John Conyers’ HR 676
{http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/webreturn/?url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.676: }: The United States National Healthcare Insurance Act — enhanced
Medicare for All.
Please encourage your Congress member to co-sponsor the bill http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=9420616&type=CO }
, now — our goal is to quickly double the current 55 co-sponsors.
Progressive Democrats of America is committed with our friends in Congress, labor unions, the Healthcare-Now coalition and nurses and doctors groups to mounting the biggest fight ever for HR 676, a single-payer system of privately-delivered, publicly-financed healthcare.
This approach has been endorsed by Consumers Union, 20,000 physicians, 232 labor unions, and even corporate CEOs tired of being fleeced by private insurance companies and their bureaucracy and waste.
. Get your state legislature to endorse HR 676. The state of Kentucky just did so!
{http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/news/2007-02-13-07-49-57-news.php}
. Challenge presidential candidates to endorse HR 676. Iowa voters recently told Hillary Clinton
{http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/news/2007-02-02-15-29-38-news.php}
they backed Medicare for All.
. Contact Diane@pdamerica.org {mailto:Diane@pdamerica.org} to join our “Healthcare for All” Organizing Team.
And spread the word about PDA {http://pdamerica.org/}. Our “inside-outside” strategy of working inside the halls of Congress, and outside in social justice movements is building momentum on issues from Iraq to universal healthcare to election protection.
Join us! {http://pdamerica.org/join-ind.php}”
Tim Carpenter
PDA Executive Director
Tags: Medicare-for-All, Progressive-Democrats-of-America, single-payer-system, Universal-Health-Coverage