SF Single Payer Rally – Friday, Noon, May 29
Put Single Payer on the Table for Discussion
Support HR 676
List of 32 national rallies plus Healthcare Now news.
Dear Single Payer Healthcare Activist,
We invite you to help build and attend our May 29 rally at the SF Federal Building. The noon rally will be at 450 Golden Gate. We will be demanding that Congress Member Nancy Pelosi foster a discussion on the single payer legislation, HR 676, the US National Healthcare Act. Our rally will be one of over 30 national rallies. See list below.
We also need help calling our phone tree and sending out a mailing for this event. The mailing party will be held at the home of Susan Cieutat at 531 Grove St. in San Francisco. We will send out the mail on Thursday, May 21 between 2pm and 10pm, and on Friday, May 22 from 11am to 9pm.
Below is the latest alert from Healthcare Now. It contains information on national single payer events. I encourage you to join their action alert list athttp://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/may-30th-day-of-action/
Please let us know if you can attend the rally, help with our mailing party, or help call our phone tree.
___ I plan to attend the May 29th noon rally in San Francisco.
___ I can help call our phone tree.
___ I can attend the mailing party on Thurs., May 21 between 2pm and 10pm.
___ I can attend the mailing party on Friday, May 22 between 11 and 9pm.
___ I have forwarded this message.
Thank you.
Don Bechler
415-695-7891
www.singlepayernow.net
Rally
for Healthcare Minus the Insurance Companies
Tell Congress Member Nancy Pelosi to:
Put Single Payer Healthcare on the Table.
Support HR 676, the US National Healthcare Act
Fri. Noon, May 29
450 Golden Gate – SF
( The Federal Building )
Sponsored by Senior Action Network, the California Alliance for Retired Americans, San Francisco Gray Panthers, and Single Payer Now.
For more information, call 415-695-7891 or email dbechler@value.net labor donated
Friends of Healthcare-NOW!:
This email is an update of the past week's festivities in DC and around the country, as well as reminders about current Healthcare-NOW! campaigns to plug into. Now is the time for single-payer national health care!
STOP THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY BAIL OUT
Hundreds of nurses, doctors and activists gathered in DC* to say STOP THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY BAIL OUT.
5 More Arrests
Senator Max Baucus issues another round of arrests of doctors, nurses, and single-payer** advocates for standing up to being shut out of the Senate Finance Committee discussion on health care reform.
Woman for New Mexico asks, "Why isn't Single-Payer on the table?"
At a town hall meeting in New Mexico, Obama is asked "Why isn't Single-Payer on the table?".***
Single-Payer in the News
The press is responding to the populous support for single-payer. Both Bill Moyers Journal and Diane Rehm are expected to cover single-payer on next week shows. Carla Rautenberg of Ohio reported to HCN that "on her weekly news round-up, Ms. Rehm stated that the show had been "inundated" with calls and emails from Americans demanding that single payer be considered in the health care debate!"
Diane Rehm will give one full hour to single-payer on Monday, May 18th, and Bill Moyers will be discussing single-payer on Friday, May 23rd. Great work to all who contacted them to put single-payer in the news!
An excellent article in the Chicago Sun Times on single-payer here: http://www.suntimes.com/news/terry/1573936,CST-EDT-terry14.article
Contacting main stream media outlets and demanding coverage of single-payer is working. Keep up the great work.
Details about the House Bill have been reported by the associated press.
"Proposal would require all to have health coverage" By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ERICA WERNER
Associated Press, May 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090514/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul
Obama and health care industry agree to 2 trillion, but industry waivers on commitment...
On Monday, Obama reported that key industry players will come together to reduce costs over 10 years by $2.5 trillion. But on Thursday, industry officials reported great concern over this commitment:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/health/policy/15health.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=industry%20and%20OBama%202%20trillion%20savings%20in%20health%20care&st=cse
State Legislators Campaign is Growing! Please join us!
Seeking state and regional coordinators to follow up with state legislators for the national campaign to get state legislators to sign onto a letter to President Obama in support of HR 676. Please let us know if you want to get involved at info@healthcare-now.org.
Find out more here: http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/state-legislators/
May 30th Day of Action!
Over 30 events planned nationwide on and around May 30th! Now is the time to be out in the street for single-payer national health care! Check out our May 30th page for more details:
http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/may-30th-day-of-action/
We know that single-payer is the only way to control costs and cover everyone. For-profit motives must be removed from health care. The people are with us. We will get there.
In common cause,
Katie Robbins
Assistant National Coordinator
Healthcare-NOW!
*http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/in-the-news/2009/may/hundreds-of-nurses-rally-on-capitol-hill-in-national-day-of-action.html
**http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/blog/colette-washington-cna-nnoc/2009/05/12/rns-and-doctors-arrested-dc-peaceful-protest-guaranteed-
***http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/15/headlines#2
Other planed rallies.
Albany, NY - May 27th
Atlana, GA - May 27th
Augusta, ME - May 30th
Austin, TX - May 30th
Billings, MT - May 16th
Boston, MA - May 30th
Chicago, IL - June 2nd
Denver, CO - May 30th
Elmwood Park, NJ - June 5
Fenton, MI - May 21st
Gainesville, FL - May 28th & 30th
Indianapolis, IN - May 20th
Lawrence, KS - May 30th
Louisville, KY - May 28th
Middleton, CT - May 28th
New Albany, IN - May 30th
New York City, NY - May 30th
Philadelphia, PA - May 30th
Pittsburgh, PA - May 29th
Phoenix, AZ - May 30th
Pontiac, MI - June 16th
Portland, OR - TBA
Princeton, NJ - May 31st
Rochester, NY - May 30th
San Diego, CA - June 4th
San Francisco, CA – May 29
Seattle, WA - May 30th
Springfield, MA - May 27th
Tampa, FL - TBA
Topeka, KS - May 30th
Towson, MD - May 30th
Wheaton, MD - May 30th
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