Congress Must Listen to Us, Not the Insurance Companies: Protest: March 9th, Washington DC
Russell Kovach
“Congress Must Listen to Us, Not the Insurance Companies”
Protest: March 9th, Washington DC.
On March 9th, thousands of activists will hit the streets in Washington, DC to protest big insurance and demand that Congress give America the health care reform we voted for.
The Young Democrats of Harford County in concert with the Health Care for America NOW coalition is sponsoring a bus to the “Congress Must Listen to Us, Not the Insurance Companies” protest on Tuesday, March 9th. The bus along with a box lunch will be provided at no cost, leaving the Aberdeen area around 8am on Tuesday the 9th. All Health Insurance Reform advocates from Cecil and Harford Counties (and the surrounding area) are encouraged to attend! Contact Russ Kovach at Russell...@gmail.com or confirm attendance on Facebook at or see us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=332513251089 to reserve a spot on the bus.
Protesters will assemble at Dupont Circle and march to the protest at the Ritz Carlton, 1150 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (about a 1 mile long march). The bus will depart by 4pm EST on March 9th for the return trip to Aberdeen.
We need Congress to listen to us, not the big insurance companies, the profiteers on Wall Street, the oil industry and the polluters, and the rest of the corporate lobbyists who stand in the way of a better America.
President Obama and the Democrats in Congress have reaffirmed their commitment to pass reform and end the insurance industry stranglehold on health care. We’ve had a year of debate. Now it’s time to act and Congress has to move forward with no further delay.
On March 9th, thousands of activists will hit the streets in Washington, DC to protest big insurance and demand that Congress give America the health care reform we voted for.
March 9th is the day the health insurance lobby, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), is holding a national conference at the Ritz Carlton Hotel to advance their agenda to kill health care reform.
We’ll be there to shut down their event and put the insurance companies and every corporate enemy of change on notice: We’re tired of the gridlock in Congress and we won’t allow the corporate lobbyists to keep bullying Congress into inaction – on health care and all of our issues.
Every day that health care reform is delayed, the entire progressive agenda we voted for in the most historic election of our lives is more at risk. But if we beat corporate lobbyists on health care, we’ll teach them a lesson on jobs, climate change, financial reform, worker rights and much more.
This is not a rally—it’s a protest.
We’re taking action by protesting corporate interference in our government and the insurance lobby’s consistent efforts to stop reform by funding ad campaigns to scare the public and to intimidate Members of Congress. We want them to get out of the way.
At the same time, we want to send a clear message to Congress: Listen to everyday Americans, not the insurance lobbyists. We’ve had enough of insurance companies’ denied claims, inflated profits and soaring premiums. We can’t wait any longer. We need reform NOW.
Russ Kovach
President, Young Democrats of Harford County
