Today the action continues: Taking it to Congress
Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Jason Rosenbaum in Take Action!
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This morning at 10:00 am on Capitol Hill (Rayburn House Office Building 2237, if you're in the area), the anti-insurance action from yesterday continues.
In a panel moderated by CIGNA executive turned whistleblower Wendell Potter, 24 insurance industry survivors will tell their heart-rending stories directly to their Members of Congress and ask Congress to listen to the American people and pass health reform that works for us, not big insurance.
Members of Congress scheduled to attend the forum include Chris Van Hollen (D-8th MD), Keith Ellison (D-5th MN), Jan Schakowsky (D-9th IL), John Conyers (D-14th MI), Jim McDermott (D-7th WA), Maxine Waters (D-35 CA), Anthony Weiner (D-9 NY), and John Sarbanes (D-3rd MD). Members unable to attend but scheduled to meet constituent survivors later on Wednesday include Adam Schiff (D- 29th CA), Charlie Wilson (D- 6th OH), Mark Kirk (R- 10th IL), Joe Pitts (R-16th PA), Edolphus Towns (D-10th NY), Heath Shuler (D-11th NC), James Oberstar (D- 8th MN) Earl Blumenauer (D-3 OR), and Ron Klein (D- 22FL). Additional members are expected to participate.
The survivors will then go to several key Republican offices and "express their disapproval" for opposing reform.
More updates are coming as the event takes place.
A big awakening is about to happen. If you think for one minute that health insurance costs are high, scratch the surface. I am so amazed at how easy it is to blame health insurance carriers and no one else for the mess we are in. Shame on America.
Dear Mr. President.
Clearly, you have bent over backwards trying to accommodate everyone with regard to a health care bill.
I am now hearing that your republican opponents will do anything and everything to stop passage of your proposed bill. With scores of good Americans dying each day the situation is a crisis and a national emergency.
Please simply call it what it is: A crisis and a national emergency! Make medicare for all effective immediately. The details can be worked out later. Save American lives today!