Dear Friends,
Join Change that Works Virginia, Healthcare For America Now, Democracy for America, and thousands of others this Thursday, June 25 as they rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC for health care reform now! Together with workers, activists, small business owners, health care professionals and families, we are rallying to let the Congress know that the time is now to fix our broken health care system.
IF YOU WORK OR LIVE IN THE WASHINGTON, DC AREA, PLEASE CONSIDER SPENDING AN HOUR OR TWO TO SHOW A SYMBOLISM OF STRENGTH IN NUMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We're having a rally at 11 am right outside the Capitol building with Dr. Howard Dean, actress Edie Falco, Members of Congress, progressive leaders, advocates, citizens, and thousands of supporters.
Can you come?
Here are the details:
Where: Upper Senate Park (Click this Link for map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&clien... WHEN: 11 am, Thursday, June 25th
We're going to make sure Congress knows just how America feels about health reform because we're bringing the rest of America to Washington!
RSVP for the Rally here:
http://action.seiu.org/page/event/detail/c... Now is the time! Raise your voice in Washington, DC for quality affordable health care for all. Join with thousands of people to speak out, celebrate and tell Congress:
We can't afford to wait for health care reform.
The Virginia Change that Works team and activists from around the state will be on hand, and we want YOU to join us at this crucial moment in the movement for reform.
Thank you for all that you do,
Jonathan Huskey
Virginia Change that Works, Healthcare For America Now, Healthcare Reform!
For more information, please email vachangethatworks@gmail.com
DID YOU KNOW?
Members of Congress are trying to figure out where they stand on healthcare reform.
Several Senators like Russ Fiengold, Sherrod Brown, and Ted Kennedy have already stood up. In the House, the entire 80 member Progressive Caucus has joined us to draw a line in the sand. But too many Democrats and it seems like every Republican still don't seem to get it.
America wants the choice of a public healthcare option.
Over 75% of Americans, including even 50% of Republicans, support it. That's why we've drawn a line in the sand. A public option is the only way to guarantee healthcare for all Americans and its inclusion in any legislation passed this year is non-negotiable.
Now is the time to deliver our message to every single member of Congress. If you can't make the Rally, can you contact your Congressperson and send them an e-mail demanding he or she support the Healthcare Reform's Public Health Program.
Please visit the Senate at
www.senate.gov and visit the House at
www.house.gov. WHAT DO I DO WHILE YOU SLEEP?
I read lettrs from citizens like YOU and me addressed to President Obama about the need for Healthcare Reform. These letters are heart-wrenching. I was invited to do this and I thought, sure. Well, I have to really struggle because these letters tell the stories of people who have lost legs due to diabetes and beause they did not have insurance, their limbs had to go!
I read stories about people who go bankrupt because of a hospitalization. I read letters about people in pain watching a loved one die because the insurance company has declared their cancer a "pre-existing condition" and stopped paying for chemo!
What in the world has happend to the US?
I find myself becoming angry in between tears and I don't know these people. Imagine the healthcare industry's wealth and after paying premiums for 17 years, one woman was told her "treatment" for a rare disease was "experimental" and then denied. Was her premiums "experimental" because this woman was never sick a day in her life while paying those premiums!!!!!!!!
WE CANNOT sit idly by wating for the next person to get involved and fix this for US! WE MUST do one small thing to change this tragedy around!
PLEASE JUMP IN by contacting YOUR Congressperson today. It only takes a few minutes.
OR, join the rally!
Agnes b. Levine is the Author of "Cooling Well Water: A Collection of Work By an African-American Bipolar Woman" ISBN 13 978-0-9754612-0-4. Available TODAY on Amazon at
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Posted By: agnes levine
Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 at 11:12PM
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