Single-Payer ? Or Insurance Company Subsidization?

Ring in the New Year and the New Congress!  NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY FOR HR 676 Single-Payer Healthcare Thursday, January 15, 2009 Dear Single Payer Supporter, The Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Healthcare--National Single Payer Coalition Steering Committee wishes to thank everyone who made the December 22nd call-in day a huge success. By 11:00 a.m. that day, Senator Kennedy's office reported to have already received over 1000 phone calls! Many congressional offices across the country were flooded with the message to support HR 676 and stop Massachusetts style healthcare reform from being used as a national model.  We will escalate our efforts for the call-in action on January 15 by targeting the Washington DC offices. HR 676 has been reintroduced in the 111th Congress--with the same bill number, and there are 86 cosponsors of HR 676 from the 110th Congress who have been sworn into the 111th session. This number will quickly grow because of the extensive lobby efforts already in motion. Our goal is to effectively double the number of cosponsors in the House by making sure elected officials hear from their constituents to cosponsor HR 676 again, and help find new co-sponsors. Please urge your Congress member to attend the HR 676 briefing on January 28th from 3-5:00 p.m. in the halls of Congress. In addition, encourage your Senators to sponsor companion legislation to HR 676 in the Senate. Please take this urgent and important action! Click here for details and talking points. Yours in the movement, Tim Carpenter, National Director P.S. This van, pulling a trailer, will be seen throughout D.C. during inauguration week! Please make a contribution to keep the Single-Payer Health Mobile on the road after the inauguration! Click here--enter "Health Mobile" in the special funds drive box near the bottom of the form.