Indiana IBEW Local Endorses HR 676

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> Indiana IBEW Local Endorses HR 676
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> Terre Haute, Indiana. IBEW Local 725 has endorsed HR 676, single
> payer
> healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).
> Local 725 is a construction local with jurisdiction in nine Indiana
> and
> six Illinois counties.
>
> R. Todd Thacker, Local 725 Business Manager, said: "Health care
> coverage
> continues to be a critical issue, either in finding coverage or
> dealing
> with ever increasing costs. Health care needs to be addressed to
> help the
> millions of American families who are uninsured and underinsured. The
> best way to solve the problem is to pass singe-payer health care
> coverage
> that would finally put us on the same level playing field with the
> rest of
> the world's industrialized countries."
>
> Tom Szymanski, Organizer and Business Representative for the local,
> said
> in a press release: "Health care coverage and cost increases are
> always a
> fight at negotiations. Health care needs to be addressed as a Human
> Right, not as a privileged right, and must have the profit-motive
> removed
> to be effective in providing coverage for all American families."
>
> The Local 725 resolution can be found at: http://www.ibew725.org/
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> 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 75 co-sponsors in addition to
> Conyers.
> Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced SB 703, a single payer
> bill
> in the Senate.
>
> HR 676 has been endorsed by 516 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
> 05/12/09