Immediacy: In the spirit of healthcare for all, act :)
reality
These Actions, on Change.org, the url :)
spirit of healthcare / all :)
http://healthcare.change.org/actions/view/spirit_of_healthcare_all
http://www.change.org/profile/189788/actions
http://www.change.org/profiles/reality
And, stop Stupac Amendment, and any variations there of. As well, no
trigger, because triggers don't get pulled, no co-ops, or hammer; also
must include anti-trust provisions. Also, please, advocate for
singlepayer healthcare, with Community First Choice Option and CLASS
Act (Community Choice Act for the handicapped, elderly, autistic,
disabled, etc.); H.R. 676 & S. 703, Senate Amendment 2837. reality
Related group and actions :)
http://www.singlepayeraction.org//join.html
Home for the Holidays Card Campaign :)
One more holiday errand!
Link to instructions for accessing the Home for the Holidays card:
http://www.tilrc.org/holiday_campaign/home_for_the_holidays09_instructions.html
************
Dawn and I would like to ask folks to take the following action on
behalf of the CCA workgroup:
During the next few days, before the Senate votes on the final version
of their Healthcare Reform bill, we would like folks to visit the
local offices of their Senators and Representatives and deliver our
Home for the Holidays cards. We want to remind them to end the
institutional bias. The CFC Option and the CLASS Act must be included
in Healthcare Reform, but ultimately, we want the Community Choice Act
(CCA) to be passed by this Congress.
Please visit the link below and follow the instructions there. We
would like each person to print and sign a copy of the card to take
with them when they visit their members of Congress. If you want to
get creative you could dress-up like Santa or his elves, bake some
cookies or do something else in keeping with the holiday theme as an
attention grabber!
If you can't get to your legislators' local offices you can still send
an email message with a link to the on-line version of the Home for
the Holidays Card.
Link to instructions for accessing the Home for the Holidays card:
http://www.tilrc.org/holiday_campaign/home_for_the_holidays09_instructions.html.
If you don't know who your members of Congress are you can find out by
going to http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
for Senators and http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/index.html for
Representatives.
If you have any questions contact Kevin at 1.800.443.2207 or
ks...@tilrc.org.
Thanks,
Mike O
ADAPT to Congress: Rx for Health Care: Protect Community Services :)
December 18, 2009
Rx for Health Care Reform: Protect Community Services!
Dear Congressional Leadership:
ADAPT, a national grassroots disability rights organization, is
supportive
of health care legislation that covers the uninsured, does not
discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions and moves us
toward a long term services and supports system that prioritizes home
and
community services over institutionalization.
Another critical factor we urge you to consider as you work on this
most
important legislation is the negative effect the legislation, as
currently
being proposed, could have on two sizeable constituent groups. Those
two
groups include existing low income people now receiving Medicaid
optional
community long term services and supports; and the entire middle class
of
baby boomers that will potentially quickly spend current assets on
nursing
facilities, thus joining the ranks of low income people dependent on
Medicaid for long-term care.
Considering the economic difficulties that states are currently
experiencing, these potential harmful, unintended consequences are
unavoidable when expanding Medicaid to cover low income uninsured
people
without simultaneously addressing the institutional bias in Medicaid.
States will continue to be forced to make difficult cuts in their
optional
community long term services and supports programs in order to be able
to
pay for the newly mandated Medicaid coverage for people who were
formerly
uninsured.
These likely cuts are unacceptable, and we believe this is not a
result
you intend or would like to see occur.
Our Rx for Health Care Reform is Protect Community Services:
Language should be developed to protect currently existing Medicaid
optional community long term services and supports.
Adding this language would
* assure that people with disabilities and older Americans are
not
unnecessarily forced into nursing homes and other institutions;
* maintain the cost-effective provision of Medicaid-funded
long-term services and supports in less expensive home and
community
settings instead of more costly institutions; and
* assist states in complying with the US Supreme Court's
Olmstead
Decision where the Court ruled that people with disabilities had a
right
to services in "the most integrated setting."
Thank you and Happy Holidays.
For an Institution Free America,
The ADAPT Community
FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit our website at http://www.adapt.org/
Where we stand :)
Where do we stand? No matter what happens in Congress with health care
reform,
no matter what new attacks against women's health anti-choice groups
come up with,
Planned Parenthood stands with and for the women, men, and teens who
rely on us every day. And, we stand with you. Please stand strong with
us - make your emergency contribution today.
On Saturday, Senator Ben Nelson proposed harsh new abortion language
to the health care reform bill. If passed, women would be required to
write a separate check for their abortion coverage, for no other
reason than to stigmatize women's health and create a nearly
impossible system to access abortion services. Impossible - and
utterly unacceptable.
james m, it is a sad day indeed when women's health is traded away for
one vote. But, it is also a powerful reminder for me of why Planned
Parenthood matters now, more than ever. No matter what happens with
health care reform, it is clear to me that women, men, and teens will
most certainly need a trustworthy, compassionate, caring place to turn
for health care and reliable information. They need us to fight for
them - and we urgently need your help to do it.
It's true that the health care reform process has been incredibly
difficult, and that it is disheartening during times like these. Like
many members of Congress and the president, we don't think that health
care reform is the place to litigate abortion policy. Unfortunately,
our opponents continue to use abortion as a political wedge at every
step of the reform process.
Act :)
http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/
However, Planned Parenthood is an organization that is accustomed to
opposition. And, I'll say what you already know: When faced with
opposition, you and I stand up. We ve been doing it for 93 years, and
we'll do it again now. As always, I'll let you know when we need you
to stand with us by taking action or making a phone call.
Right now, the best way you can help is to make a special year-end
donation to Planned Parenthood Federation of America today so that we
can continue to fight for choice, access, and care. Help us see the
health care reform process through to the end with the strength,
confidence, and support of a movement that includes millions - and
helps millions more. Help us be there whenever and wherever we are
needed in the coming year. Click here to make your contribution.
I am so very grateful for the courage, strength, and unyielding
dedication of Planned Parenthood supporters like you. Thank you. Thank
you from all of us at Planned Parenthood, for standing with us and the
millions of women, men, and teens who rely on us. Sincerely,
Cecile Richards, President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
visit plannedparenthood.org
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Kill the Senate Bill :)
http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/killthisbill?source=email&subsource=122109
Sign our petition to Congress and President Obama:
The Senate health care bill must be killed. We must do better for
health care than this.
Click here to sign our petition.
http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/killthisbill?source=email&subsource=122109
The Senate's health care bill must be killed.
It is an ungodly mess of errors, loopholes, and massive giveaways.
When the American people find out what's actually in this bill, they
will revolt. Congress and President Obama have no choice but to do
better for health care than this bill.
Sign the petition: the Senate health care bill must be killed.
How bad is the bill?
Forces you to pay up to 8% of your income to private insurance
corporations -- whether you want to or notIf you refuse to buy the
insurance, you'll have to pay penalties of up to 2% of your annual
income to the IRSAfter being forced to pay thousands in premiums for
junk insurance, you can still be on the hook for up to $11,900 a year
in out-of-pocket medical expenses.Massive restriction on a woman's
right to choose, designed to trigger a challenge to Roe v. Wade in the
Supreme CourtPaid for by taxes on the middle class insurance plan you
have right now through your employer, causing them to cut back
benefits and increase co-ays
Many of the taxes to pay for the bill start now, but most Americans
won't see any benefits -- like an end to discrimination against those
with preexisting conditions -- until 2014 when the program begins.
Allows insurance companies to charge people who are older 300% more
than othersGrants monopolies to to drug companies that will keep
generic versions of expensive biotech drugs from ever coming to
market.No reimportation of prescription drugs, which would save
consumers $100 billion over 10 yearsThe cost of medical care will
continue to rise, and insurance premiums for a family of 4 will rise
an average of $1000 a year -- meaning in 10 years, you family's
insurance premium will be $10,000 more annually than it is right now.
I could go on, but it should be clear: this is not reform. This is a
con job.
Sign our petition: kill the Senate bill.
Make no mistake, we need health care reform. But the Senate's idea of
reform is a disaster, and will make things far worse than they are
today.
We will continue to fight for real health care reform. Now, we must
kill this fake reform.
Thanks for all you do.
Jane Hamsher
Firedoglake
P.S. Please, after you've signed, forward this email to your friends,
family, coworkers - anyone you know. It's critical we act fast to
kill the Senate bill, and we need everyone we can on board.
Oppose Stealth Stupak Provision in Senate Bill :)
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Oppose Stealth Stupak Provision in Senate Bill
Call Your Senators!
After taking action, please support our work!
Take Action NOW: Please call your senators immediately and
http://www.capwiz.com/now/issues/alert/?alertid=14481601
urge them to oppose the Manager's Amendment in the Senate health care
reform bill, which will effectively make abortion coverage unavailable
in health insurance exchanges and, ultimately, in private insurance
policies as well. If the Manager's Amendment passes, urge your
senators to oppose the entire health reform bill.
A nearly 400-page Manager's Amendment offered by Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), being debated currently, contains a
provision every bit as bad as the infamous House-passed Stupak-Pitts
Amendment. The provision was drafted to gain the vote of abortion
rights opponent Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and is a complicated
variation of Stupak-Pitts. It allows any state to prohibit abortion
coverage in health insurance exchanges. In addition, all funds that
would pay for abortion services would have to be segregated from other
private funds and federal subsidies. This requirement would apply to
the tens of millions of women who would buy their insurance under the
new exchanges and, in the opinion of expert health policy analysts,
would mean that insurers simply would not provide abortion coverage in
the exchange plans. Eventually, insurers would stop offering abortion
coverage altogether.
The Senate health care reform bill is highly flawed now, with the
leadership having been forced by a lone senator, Joe Lieberman (I-
Conn.), to drop the most important components of reform: a public
option and the Medicare buy-in for persons ages 55 to 64. While there
are remaining aspects of the legislation that are positive, these
three factors -- an abortion coverage ban, no public plan and no
Medicare buy-in -- make the Senate bill unacceptable, in our view.
YOUR MESSAGE:
Call your senators directly to
http://www.capwiz.com/now/issues/alert/?alertid=14481601
their Washington, D.C., offices (please do not dial the main
switchboard, as it is likely overwhelmed with calls from abortion
rights opponents), and urge them to oppose the Manager's Amendment.
You can make the call by going to our website, entering your zipcode,
and then clicking on the "info" link under each of your senators.
If the Manager's Amendment is adopted, ask your senators to vote
against the entire bill. The Senate does not HAVE to pass this flawed
bill before Christmas, but they MUST fix the bill to remove onerous
abortion restrictions! And the senators should restore the public
option and the Medicare buy-in as well.
and then
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Tell Bernie Sanders: Save health care from Joe Lieberman :)
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/sanders_po/
Sen. Bernie Sanders can save health reform from Joe Lieberman.
We need one senator to champion progressive values.
Your message to Senator Bernie Sanders:
A healthcare bill without a strong public option is just not
acceptable.
We need one progressive senator to be a hero, to stand up and tell
President Obama he should crackdown on conservatives like Joe
Lieberman in the Senate - not progressives - in order to get a bill
passed.
Please draw a line in the sand and say you will do whatever it takes -
including withholding a vote for cloture - to block any bill that does
not contain a public option.
The Senate is poised to pass a deeply flawed health care bill that
doesn't include a public option but would require everyone to buy
insurance, even if it's unaffordable or doesn't meet their needs.
Progressives are simply supposed to accept this giveaway to the
insurance lobby because we're told that we need to pass something by
Christmas and that nothing better can pass the Senate. On both counts,
this is simply untrue.
Sen. Joe Lieberman has shown us that it just takes one senator to
block a bill. We need one progressive senator to stand up and block a
health care bill without a public option.
Ask Sen. Bernie Sanders to be a progressive hero and stand up for the
public option. Click here to automatically add your name to our
petition.
A poll released today by Democracy for America and the Progressive
Change Campaign Committee shows that almost two thirds of U.S. voters
support health care reform with a public option. Only 33 percent of
those surveyed support a health insurance mandate without a public
option. Not only that, but voters overwhelmingly believe that
President Obama didn't fight Sen. Lieberman hard enough before caving
on health care reform.1
Regardless of what the pundits and party functionaries are saying,
this is one fight that progressives don't have to lose. The polls show
that the conventional wisdom coming out of Washington D.C. and the
Connecticut board rooms of the big insurance companies is wrong.
What's more, President Obama's Christmas deadline for the Senate to
pass a bill is completely arbitrary. We can't stop fighting for what
we believe in just because the president wants a vote on Christmas
Eve.
We need one progressive senator to be a hero, to stand up and tell
President Obama he should crack down on conservatives in the Senate -
not progressives - in order to get a bill passed. We need one senator
to draw a line in the sand and say that if the president won't do
this, Sen. Harry Reid will have to invoke reconciliation and force the
Senate to pass a bill that's not subject to a filibuster.
Can you ask Bernie Sanders to be that senator and stand up for the
public option? Click here to automatically sign the petition.
Just because President Obama decided to capitulate to Joe Lieberman's
demands, doesn't mean progressives have to, too. If there was ever a
time to use reconciliation, this is it. The public overwhelmingly
supports a public option and overwhelmingly opposes a bill that
doesn't have a public option but does include a mandate to buy private
health insurance. The House version of the health care bill already
has a public option and we know that a majority of Senators have said
they support a public option. Why should we allow Joe Lieberman to
abuse the filibuster and massively undermine the health care bill
without doing everything we can to stop him?
What's especially ironic about the demand for progressives to pass a
deeply unprogressive bill is that the pressure being applied to those
fighting for a strong public option was never applied to the likes of
Max Baucus, Ben Nelson or Joe Lieberman as they fought to weaken the
bill.
Will you ask Sen. Bernie Sanders to be a hero and do everything in his
power - including withholding a vote for cloture - to block a bill
without a public option? Click here to automatically add your name to
our petition.
If Democrats in the Senate continue to ignore tactics that would allow
us to pass reform with 51 votes instead of 60, we will lose our only
chance in a generation to fix our broken health care system. If a weak
White House continues to threaten only progressives, then the most
unprincipled, paid-off senator gets to write the health care bill.
We can continue to play their game where the people lose and the
insurance industry and Joe Lieberman win. Or we can play hardball and
block a Senate bill which contains a mandate but no public option.
Health care matters far too much to let rules designed to stop change
stop us. And it is cynical beyond measure to call Lieberman's demands
real reform. This is why we need Senator Bernie Sanders to take a
stand. If not now, when?
Thank you for working to secure real health care reform.
Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets
P.S.: "If I wanted Joe Lieberman to write health care reform, I would
have voted for John McCain." That's what blogger Jane Hamsher wrote
and her single phrase says it all. If you are not convinced that we
should kill the bill if it contains a mandate without a public option,
here are a few articles you should read.
Howard Dean: "Health-care bill wouldn't bring real reform"
Keith Olbermann: "Ruined Senate bill unsupportable"
Robert Reich: "Slouching Toward Health Care Reform"
Jane Hamsher: "Kill the Senate Bill"
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urgently needed in Congress.
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Long Live Single-Payer, Medicare for All :)
If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online.
Wednesday, for the first time in American history, the US Senate was
to debate and vote on single-payer healthcare. Sen. Bernie Sanders
submitted an amendment to the Senate health bill that would have
expanded Medicare to everyone.
But after a stall-tactic by Senate Republicans, requiring that the
full 700-page amendment to be read, and, presumably, pressure from
Senate Democrats, Sen. Sanders withdrew his single-payer amendment.
History would have to wait.
The moment Sen. Sanders withdrew his amendment, writers were quick to
declare that single-payer healthcare is dead. But let's be clear:
While single-payer's time is up in this session of Congress, the
movement for single-payer not only lives on, but is growing stronger.
Mainstream liberals and Democrats are even starting to revolt against
a health bill that's looking more like a bailout of the private health
insurance industry, than expanding and improving coverage to everyone.
Soon, they'll realize we need a movement for real reform, not
incremental reform.
After all, Medicare for all is inevitable. A healthcare system, with
private, for-profit insurance in the mix, is fundamentally
unsustainable and will collapse. Sen. Sanders said this in his speech
to the Senate after he withdrew his amendment:
http://www.healthcare-now.org/sanders-says-single-payer-day-will-come-as-he-withdraws-amendment/
"At the end of the day -- not this year, not next year, but sometime
in the future -- this country will come to understand that if we are
going to provide comprehensive quality care to all of our people, the
only way we will do that is through a Medicare-for-all, single-payer
system."
We (single-payer advocates) will keep the movement alive. We will
continue to educate everyone about American's healthcare crisis. We
will continue to advocate for the single-payer solution to this
crisis. Many of those disenchanted by the Congressional process to
reform healthcare will join us.
If we learned anything about healthcare reform this time around, it's
that our movement needs to grow so that Congress has no choice but to
pass Medicare for all. Why is it that conservatives in Canada, and
other countries with national health insurance, wouldn't dare mess
with their national health systems? Because the vast majority of the
people would rise up and stop them.
We saw this in our own country as we watched, throughout the whole
debate, people over 65 fiercely defend Medicare - whether or not they
knew it was "government run." We need that intense support from
everyone, not just people over 65, before we can win. We know that
everyone else would rise to its defense just as fervently if they were
enrolled in Medicare. That's why providing Medicare to everyone 55 and
over was so abruptly cut out of the Senate discussion.
Single-payer healthcare is not dead in America. Healthcare-NOW!, along
with all of our single-payer allies, will continue to organize,
educate, fight for single-payer candidates, and stand up until one of
the most basic of human rights is available to all. After the farce
we're all witnessing in Congress is over, we are only going to get
stronger.
Take Action :)
http://www.healthcare-now.org/takeaction/
We will make history.
Thanks for all that you do,
Healthcare-NOW! National Staff and Steering Committee
P.S. Take a second to thank Sen. Sanders for his leadership. His DC
office number is 202-224-5141.
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consider making a donation to support our efforts to pass HR 676 using
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No deal :)
Dear MoveOn member,
The latest Senate health care bill has no public option. No expansion
of Medicare. And it does too little to guarantee that uninsured
Americans will actually be able to afford the coverage they'll be
required to purchase.1
Former insurance executive Wendell Potter put it best: the bill is "a
big bailout to the [health insurance] industry."2
But it's not too late to fix the bill. And as Joe Lieberman has shown,
just one senator willing to stand in the way can force legislation to
be changed dramatically.
Senator Bernie Sanders, a strong proponent of the public option, has
already made clear that he's opposed to the legislation in its current
form-and he could decide to block it until it's fixed.3
But there's enormous pressure from all sides to pass a bill quickly,
no matter how weak it is. Let's show Bernie and other progressives
that we're counting on them to block this version of the bill-and
we'll get their backs if they do.
Can you sign our petition opposing the current Senate health care
bill? Clicking here will add your name:
http://pol.moveon.org/block/o.pl?id=18359-1718406-Jk9xhUx&t=3
The petition reads: "America needs real health care reform-not a
massive giveaway to the insurance companies. Senator Bernie Sanders
and other progressives should block this bill until it's fixed."
Despite this latest setback, we can still win the health care fight.
The House has already passed a strong health care bill with a real
public option. It would cover millions of uninsured Americans, offer
real competition to the insurance companies, and reduce costs in the
long run.
MoveOn members overwhelmingly support the House bill. But it's clear
from member feedback and surveys that the majority of MoveOn members
oppose the Senate bill as it now stands.4
And recent polls show growing opposition among grassroots progressives
generally-the very folks Democrats in Washington count on to volunteer
and donate to their campaigns.5 One found that one-third of Democratic
voters will be less likely to vote next year if Congress doesn't pass
a public option.6
So to get real reform, we need to immediately send a powerful message
to Senate progressives like Bernie Sanders, Roland Burris, and Russ
Feingold that we're counting on them to block this bill until it's
fixed.
Click here to add your name to the petition:
http://pol.moveon.org/block/o.pl?id=18359-1718406-Jk9xhUx&t=4
Thanks for all you do.
-Kat, Joan, Michael, Ilya, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "ANALYSIS: House Bill More Affordable Than Senate Legislation,"
Think Progress, October 30, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85097&id=18359-1718406-Jk9xhUx&t=5
"Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals,"
Kaiser Family Foundation, November 23, 2009
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/sidebyside.cfm
2. "Senate Bill a Big Win for Insurance Companies," Countdown with
Keith Olbermann, December 16, 2009
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#34455097
3. "Sanders Could Still Vote No On Cloture," WhoRunsGov.com, December
17, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85817&id=18359-1718406-Jk9xhUx&t=6
4. MoveOn Members' Views on the Senate Health Care Bill
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85818&id=18359-1718406-Jk9xhUx&t=7
5. "Poll: Loss of Public Option Causes Big Increase in Opposition to
Health Care Bill," Talking Points Memo, December 16, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85808&id=18359-1718406-Jk9xhUx&t=8
6. "Poll: One Third Of Dems Less Likely To Vote In 2010 If Public
Option Dies," WhoRunsGov.com, December 14, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85816&id=18359-1718406-Jk9xhUx&t=9
Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 5 million
members-no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our
tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in
here.
Tell Us What You Think :)
We're planning our next steps and could really use your opinion. Can
you take a moment to fill out our two-question survey? Just click
below:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85351&id=18323-1718406-9zsNE7x&t=1
Thanks for all you do.
-Nita, Eli, Kat, Joan, and the rest of the team
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members-no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our
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Protect Social Security and Medicare
Social Security is one of our country's most successful anti-poverty
programs, providing benefits to children, disabled workers, surviving
spouses, and retirees. Without Social Security benefits, more than
half of older women would fall into poverty. However, there is growing
movement in the Senate to reduce the federal budget deficit by cutting
Social Security and Medicare programs, which would have a devastating
and disproportionately negative impact on women. Urge your senators to
oppose cuts to these programs. Several senators have threatened to
hold up other budget legislation unless a debt-reducing, entitlement-
cutting commission is established. This commission's recommendations
would be crafted behind closed doors, the normal process of debate
would be ignored, and no amendments would be allowed before a vote.
This 'all or nothing' commission would fast-track cuts to these
critical programs. AAUW opposes this clearly undemocratic, non-
transparent commission process. The Social Security program
continues to run a surplus and is expected to be able to pay full
benefits for another 30 years without affecting the deficit, giving
Congress ample time to make adjustments to future benefits through the
normal legislative process. And the best way to way to reign in the
costs of Medicare is through the current health care reform bills, not
by cutting benefits to the millions of Americans who depend on the
program for their health care. More than two-thirds of unmarried
women would be living below the poverty line without the help of
Social Security, which also supports more children than Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), also known as welfare. In these
tough economic times, cutting social programs like Social Security and
Medicare could be devastating to women and families across our nation.
Now more than ever, these programs need to be protected and expanded.
AAUW is not opposed to reforming and improving these programs, but we
must tell the Senate that the 'all or nothing,' undemocratic process
of the commission is not the way to do it. Take Action! Urge your
senators to oppose the formulation of an undemocratic commission that
would target Social Security and Medicare programs. Simply click on
the "Take Action" link in the upper right corner or copy and paste the
following URL into your Internet browser. Then follow the
instructions to compose and send your message.
Take Action!
http://www.capwiz.com/aauw/issues/alert/?alertid=14471146
Other Actions :)
For more information, read our position papers on Social Security.
The grassroots liaisons in AAUW's new Leadership Corps program will be
reaching out to AAUW branch leaders to provide mentoring and
assistance. Whether you are a member of an AAUW branch (an officer or
not) or a member-at-large interested in becoming involved with other
AAUW members, please fill out the online form here to indicate areas
of branch programming or administration for which you would like
assistance. Washington Update is AAUW's free, members-only weekly e-
bulletin offering an insider's view on the legislative process, the
latest policy news, resources for advocates, programming ideas, and
updates from the Public Policy and Government Relations Department.
Subscribe today! Read the 2009-2011 AAUW Public Policy Program.
Become part of the AAUW national community and break through barriers
for women and girls. Join now. Strengthen AAUW's voice with policy-
makers! Donate now. Connect with AAUW online via our website and
blog, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Fax Action Page: I Want To Sign Up For Medicare Too!! :)
If you could sign up for Medicare right now would you do it?
That is why we have created the "I Want To Sign Up For Medicare
Too!!" Fax Action Page at the page just below.
To President Obama & Congress:
http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1023.php
Last week the Senate floated the idea of making it possible for
people 55-64 to buy in to Medicare. The original proposal was just
another fake health care reform scam, to try to offload those with
the most medical needs from for-profit insurance company obligations.
The problem for them is that everyone LIKED the idea so much, that it
gave people an actual glimmer of hope that real change might happen,
and they have tried to deep six the idea as fast as possible, before
the Congressional Budget Office even has a chance to score it.
But not so fast. Tell your members of Congress that YOU want to sign
up for Medicare NOW! You aren't really signing up for Medicare by
submitting the form of course. But it will send your instant fax to
them, and President Obama at the White House too. All we need is for
people to declare that is what they want, that we will accept nothing
less, and it HAS to happen.
Fax Action Page: http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1023.php
And on this same page you can watch the latest of the "I'm A
Democrat, I'm A Republican" advocacy videos that everyone likes so
much, with tens of thousands of views on YouTube already and a like
number of action page submissions. This fifth installment is
subtitled, "Heavy Reading".
Use this page to tell President Obama and your members of Congress
that YOU want to sign up for Medicare too!! If we want any real
change, FIRST we must DEMAND it.
Think about it, folks. They would not be on the TV trying to sell us
so hard on fake reform measures if they did not NEED our
acquiescence. When enough people declare that we will no longer
settle for coal in our Christmas stockings, then and only them will
we get the real deal.
The page above will send your instant fax to President Obama and all
your members of Congress, for no charge to yourself, unlike all the
right wing "activist" operations that charge twenty-five dollars or
more for doing the same thing.
And here is the one click Facebook page for this same fax action.
Medicare Virtual Signup on Facebook:
http://apps.facebook.com/fb_voices/action.php?qnum=pnum1023
And the Twitter reply to send, to send this message to all your
members of Congress that way, is
@cxs #p1023
Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed
to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.
If you would like to get alerts like these, you can do so at
http://www.millionfaxmarch.com/in.htm
Caio.