National Call-In Day for Single Payer !!!

[annabanana]

Monday, Dec. 22, and Thursday, Jan. 15, have been designated National Call-In Days to Support Single-Payer Health Care by a broad coalition of civic, labor, religious and professional groups, including Physicians for a National Health Program. Take a few minutes to call your elected officials and urge them to support H.R. 676, the U.S. National Health Insurance Act. More…

National Call-In Days for Single Payer

With your help for just a few minutes, we can get the message through to our elected officials that physicians, nurses and other health professionals, not to mention the congressperson’s constituents and the vast majority of the U.S. public, want single-payer national health insurance, an improved “Medicare for All.”

Make a call over the next few weeks —- especially on Dec. 22 and Jan. 15 —- and tell your representative that you want to see our dysfunctional, fragmented, and wasteful system of financing through private insurers replaced by an efficient and equitable single-payer system.

We want to reach all members of Congress with our message. Current co-sponsors should be thanked for their support and encouraged to get active behind H.R. 676. Non-co-sponsors should be asked to get on board with H.R. 676.
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/december/national_callin_day.php

Why Mandate Model Reform Plans Fail (Baucus/Kennedy/Obama)

Dr. David Himmelstein, Washington DC, November 11, 2008

Summary: Universal "mandate model" health reforms like those proposed by Senators Baucus and President-elect Obama have already failed in several states, including Massachusetts. Only single payer national health insurance can cover all the uninsured and control costs"
http://pnhp.org/slideshow/Himmelstein_11112008.ppt

Talking Points: Why the mandate plans won’t work, and why single-payer “Medicare for All” is what we need

http://pnhp.org/change/TalkingPoints.pdf

The Massachusetts model has been the subject of positive media profiles over the last week. This may be our best chance to make the differences between the Massachusetts model and a genuine National Health Care Plan clear to our representatives...

(please help me keep this kicked - thanks)

[demodonkey]

1. Today's the day. CALL D.C. and keep this kicked and rec'ed. We HAVE to get this done.

Single-payer healthcare for all. We can't afford NOT to do this.

[slipslidingaway]

2. K&R n/t

[Delphinus]

3. Kicking now

so I can find it to kick later.

Medicare Part E - E for EVERYONE!

[groundloop]

4. Unfortunately

I'm represented by the reddest of the red right wing neocons. I still my give them a call just to let them know I exist.

[annabanana]

6. That's the only way they'll know you are there...

With any luck, his seat is more vulnerable today than it was last year....

[blondeatlast]

8. I'm second in ranking (Shadegg); but I did this and proudly kick the thread. One does what one can.

To you: :toast:

[fasttense]

5. Yes we can. n/t

[demodonkey]

7. Another kick. MAKE THE CALL, now! nt

[asteroid2003QQ47]

9. K&R n/t

[area51]

10. K&R (n/t)

[satya]

11. K & R. nt

[eridani]

12. Just about to do it

Hoping to avoid roaming charges, but will make the calls anyway if I can't.