We must finish reform right. To the streets!
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Jason Rosenbaum in Take Action!
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Tonight, the President reminded Congress and the country that we need to finish health reform AND finish it right. He said, "Do not walk away from reform. Not now. Not when we are so close. Let us find a way to come together and finish the job for the American people." He's right.
And as we know, it takes more than words to pass health care reform. We have to fight. Harder than ever. Because that's exactly what the insurance industry is doing. And if they win, we lose!
So we have to turn up the heat. For months we've called and written letters, knocked on doors and had meetings. Now we have to do even more.
Right now their lobbyists are using their money and influence to block health care reform every step of the way. They're trying to scare voters and get members of Congress to back down.
We have to dig down deep — everyone of us — to do more to win the health care reform we need.
Yesterday in Washington, DC, hundreds of people rallied for reform. We marched in front of the Chamber of Commerce because the insurance industry gave them tens of millions of dollars to kill health reform. Here's what happened:
We can't let the insurance companies kill reform with their money! Not now. Not this time. We need Congress to stand up to insurance company lobbyists and finish health reform right.
That's why we need to organize actions all over the country to demand that they finish reform and finish it now!
We can't let the insurance companies win. We can't let them put people over profits any more. We can't let them kill reform with their money and power.
There's too much at stake to stop now. Every day that passes without health care reform:
- 6,821 more people lose their health insurance [pdf]
- 2,548 more people file for bankruptcy because they got sick
- 60 more people die [pdf] because they don't have the coverage they need
And the insurance industry keeps raking in money hand-over-fist. The only way we'll win reform is if we rise up as a nation and tell Congress to act now.
More details are coming soon, but we need to start organizing tonight! It's time to finish the reform right.
Will you join us? Will you make a commitment to take action today?
We need you to come to an event near you and speak out. We need you to tell your friends, your family, your co-workers - anyone you know who's been victimized by the health insurance industry and needs change. We need you to help host an event in your community - don't worry, we'll help you do it - but we need Congress to get the message loud and clear.
Help us win the change we need. We can't do it without you.
Let's just make sure we target the right people. There are for-profit insurance companies and there are not-for-profit insurance companies. While I think they're all one in the same, the not-for-profit companies at least have a response to us. The for-profit ones don't.
Unfortunately, the non-profits and the for-profits are almost indistinguishable in terms of their bad practices, their CEO pay, or the money they spend on lobbying. They are definitely the right target, both for and non-profits.