Teamster Printing Local Endorses HR 676

The Executive Board of Local 767M, Graphic Communications Conference/IBT, has endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).  The 900 member local union represents workers in the printing industries of Washington and Oregon.

Executive Board member John Walsh, who was instrumental in bringing the
resolution forward, said after the vote:  "The runaway cost of healthcare
erodes our wages and is a sticking point in contract negotiations.  People
without coverage suffer from preventable illnesses and face bankruptcy. 
Americans need effective, fair, affordable healthcare, and we cannot
achieve that as long as profit takes priority over people.  As our
national experience with Medicare has shown, single payer is the best way
to make the system effective and fair, and removing profiteering is
crucial to controlling cost.  For these reasons, we have endorsed single
payer as the best concept and HR 676 as the best legislation."

HR 676 would institute a single payer health care system by expanding a
greatly improved Medicare system to everyone residing in the U. S.

HR 676 would cover every person for all necessary medical care including
prescription drugs, hospital, surgical, outpatient services, primary and
preventive care, emergency services, dental, mental health, home health,
physical therapy, rehabilitation (including for substance abuse), vision
care, hearing services including hearing aids, chiropractic, durable
medical equipment, palliative care, and long term care.

HR 676 ends deductibles and co-payments.  HR 676 would save hundreds of
billions annually by eliminating the high overhead and profits of the
private health insurance industry and HMOs.

In the current Congress, HR 676 has 74 co-sponsors in addition to Conyers.

HR 676 has been endorsed by 505 union organizations in 49 states including
125 Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations and 39 state
AFL-CIO's (KY, PA, CT, OH, DE, ND, WA, SC, WY, VT, FL, WI, WV, SD, NC, MO,
MN, ME, AR, MD-DC, TX, IA, AZ, TN, OR, GA, OK, KS, CO, IN, AL, CA, AK, MI,
MT, NE, NY, NV & MA).

For further information, a list of union endorsers, or a sample
endorsement resolution, contact:

Kay Tillow
All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care--HR 676
c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)
1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 636 1551
Email: nursenpo@aol.com
http://unionsforsinglepayerHR676.org