Get on the bus! July 30, Rally and Lobby in DC for HR 676

> Get on the bus! July 30, Rally and Lobby in DC for HR 676
>
> July 30 marks Medicare's 44th Birthday. Activists from more than a
> dozen
> cities are sending busloads to Washington, DC, to celebrate the
> occasion
> and to show Congress and President Obama the strong support for a
> national, single payer healthcare system. People will visit their
> Congresspersons to urge them to sign on to HR 676 in the House and S
> 703
> in the Senate, then come together for a rally at 1:00 pm.
>
> Rally for Expanded and Improved Medicare for All, HR 676
>
> Thursday, July 30, 1:00 pm, Upper Senate Park
> (between Constitution Ave, New Jersey Ave, and Delaware Ave)
>
> Confirmed Rally Speakers:
>
> Jos Williams – President, AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Labor
> Council,
> AFL-CIO
> Dr. David Scheiner – President Obama's personal physician of 22 years
> Sidney M. Wolfe, MD - Acting President of Public Citizen
> Terry O'Neill - President, National Organization for Women
> Senator James Ferlo - Pennsylvania State Senator
> Sameer Dossani - Demand Dignity Campaign Director, Amnesty
> International
> Barbara Ehrenreich - Feminist, sociologist, political activist, and
> author
> of "Nickled and Dimed"
> Congressman John Conyers, Jr – Chair, House Judiciary Committee, and
> sponsor of HR 676
> Medea Benjamin – Cofounder of Code Pink and Global Exchange
> Tim Carpenter - Progressive Democrats of America, Executive Director
> Donna Smith - Community Activist and Legislative Advocate, California
> Nurses Association, whose story of financial bankruptcy was featured
> in
> Michael Moore's film, "SiCKO."
>
> Medicare has successfully provided care to seniors and people with
> disabilities for almost half a century. Its single payer structure
> with
> only 3% administrative costs stands in sharp contrast to the 20% and
> higher wasted by the private insurance companies on administration and
> profits. As Washington struggles to fund health care reform, an
> expanded
> and improved Medicare shows the way to do it!
>
> Join us in DC on July 30!!
>
> Info on buses and transportation to DC is here:
> http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/single-payer-rally/bus/
>
> Info on the rally is here:
> http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/single-payer-rally/
>
> Distributed by:
> 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
> 07/20/09