Stop Republicans and their lobbyist buddies: Taking it to the streets in Baltimore
Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Jason Rosenbaum in Take Action!President Obama went to the House Republican retreat in Baltimore on Friday to rebut right-wing lies about his Presidency and, therefore, health care reform. The insurance industry and their lobbyists were there, too, paying $25,000 each for the privilege of talking with these Republican Members of Congress one-on-one.
And on Saturday morning, in the midst of a big winter snowstorm, the people turned out as well to speak out against Republican obstructionism well funded lobbyists and to voice support for finishing health reform right and finishing it now.
Once again, survivors of horrible insurance company abuses came to town to confront Republican House members who, with the exception of one lone Congressman, voted against health care reform, preferring instead to rally around a woefully inadequate Republican alternative.
Survivors like Marcus Grimes were there. Marcus is 38, from Woodbridge, VA. He is a former teacher who worked at a D.C. charter school that didn't offer health insurance. When he began to lose his sight due to diabetes, he could not afford the treatment or the surgery to reverse the process. He lost sight in one eye, then the other, and became totally blind in 2006. He couldn't afford doctor-recommended surgeries that would have saved his eyesight and couldn't get Medicaid. He's blind because he couldn't get affordable health care.
Braving the elements, Marcus and health reform activists there to give him and the other survivors support made sure Republicans and their well funded lobbyist buddies didn't go unchallenged.
We need health care reform. We've come too far and the country's need is so great. Republicans and their lobbyists won't stand in the way. We need it finished. We need it finished right. And we need it finished now.


















