Standing Up To The Insurance Lobby in Ohio
Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Jason Rosenbaum in Take Action!
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As Levana noted earlier, a group called American's Health Insurance Plans, an insurance industry front group, is launching a campaign to convince America that they are indeed satisfied with their private insurance coverage.
The idea that Americans can be satisfied with the current state of health care in America is silly. Americans aren't satisfied with rising prices, yet lower coverage. We aren't satisfied with the insurance industry's murder-by-spreadsheet. We need a public option for health insurance, and we need to make sure insurance industry practices that kill Americans are made illegal.
We are fighting back against the insurance industry tomorrow.
Tomorrow, in Ohio, AHIP will be launching their campaign and hosting a "discussion group among a group of uninsured people." HCAN will be there, along with our partners, protesting the insurance company practices and making sure people and the media know exactly how the insurance industry fails America. AHIP will be bringing their spin. We're hitting back with the facts.
If you're in Columbus, Ohio, or if you know anyone in the area, and would like to help us, sign up to attend the event here.
We need all the help we can get to take on the multi-billion dollar insurance industry. They will be using all their money and all their political connections to protect their profits and keep America's health care situation in critical condition. If you can come out to the event tomorrow, it would be greatly appreciated.
You might try working ahead of time with the Single Payer/HR-676 folks who have working for real universal health care reform all along in Ohio (of course they may have their own banners):
PNHP Ohio
Website: http://www.pnhpohio.org/
Blog: http://pnhpohio.blogspot.com/
Single-Payer Action Network, Ohio
Website: http://www.spanohio.org/
E-mail:
Health Care for All Ohio
http://healthcareforallohio.org/
Peace & Health
Keep kicking ass and taking names Jason!
No, seriously. This project you are working can do a lot of good for giving Obama the support he needs to pass a health care bill. Another one of my hopes for this organization is that you do such an incredible job of putting Big Pharma on the defensive by exposing their front groups, that Pharma is willing to cooperate with a health care policy.
One other thing. My dad told me today that there is no such thing as an enlarged prostate disease/problem. Instead, it is just a big pharma manufactured problem. So every other commercial you see on TV about an enlarged prostate and "consulting your doctor about Avodart," is just plain bullshit. The disease is Pharma. Keep it up! I'll be following.
When, oh when are they coming to Boston?