Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Dear HCIG (Health Care Interest Group) member:

See the following which I have chttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifulled from emails and list serves in the past few days. If you are cc'd on this note and would like to be included in emails that go to the LWVNCSD HCIG group, please let me [Vicki] know and I will add you to our list.
1. From MoveOn.org:

If we act immediately, we have a good shot at defeating ploys like the "co-op." The key is to make it clear that we support astrong public health insurance option and lay out exactly what that means.

Click below and we'll fax a flier in your name (for free!) to Sens. Feinstein and Boxer that sets the bar for a strong public health insurance option. Faxes come directly into the office, so staffers are guaranteed to see them. And if enough of us send faxes, staffers will pass the flier on to their senator.
http://pol.moveon.org/fax?tg=FSCA_1.FSCA_2&cp_id=967&id=16426-13794431-Ibhi1Kx&t=3

Additional sources on national bills:
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House Tri-Committee bill plus great fact sheets:
http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/06/health-care-reform-house-dems.shtml

Kennedy Letter About Bill:


2. See NY Times/LA Times articles/opinion piece:

Rehabilitating Healthcare/Diagnosing the problem: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-ed-health22-2009jun22,0,6390451.story


In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health
By KEVIN SACK and MARJORIE CONNELLY
Americans favor a plan for government-run insurance to compete with private insurers, a Times/CBS poll finds.

A Public Health Plan
A robust public health care plan that piggy-backs on the rate setting powers of Medicare would lower costs, save money, and extend health benefits to more Americans.

3. John McCanne lives in San Clemente and is a senior scholar for Physicians for National Health Program www.phnp.org . He sends out a daily commentary on a health care reform news item. To subscribe to his list serve, visit http://two.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/quote-of-the-day or send an email message with subject 'help' to quote-of-the-day-request@mccanne.org.

4. The California Nurses Association is a big supporter of single payer. Check out this article by a legislative advocate.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/18#comment-form

5. Health Care for All http://www.healthcareforall.org/ is asking everyone who supports the California single payer Bill 810 to join their organization. You can donate online at: https://secure.entango.com/donate/ztYyDmGBRjN

6. Letter to President Obama on Robert Reich's Blog:
http://robertreich.blogspot.com/


Vicki Beck, MS
Communications Consultant
P/M 760-420-3470 (NEW PHONE NUMBER)
F/760-431-5507

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