Texas and New Jersey Machinists Endorse HR 676

Texas and New Jersey Machinists Endorse HR 676

Texas and New Jersey Machinists Endorse HR 676

Machinists' organizations in Texas and New Jersey  have endorsed HR 676,
single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers
(D-MI).

The Texas State Council of Machinists (IAM) has endorsed HR 676, reports
Council President Danny T. Cooke.  The Texas State Council is the sixth
IAM State Council to endorse HR 676.  The others are Washington,
Connecticut, Ohio, Minnesota and Oregon.

In Newark, New Jersey, IAM Local Lodge 2339N has also endorsed HR 676,
report Chris Boelens, Legislative Committee Chair, and Eric Kaufman,
Deputy Assistant.  They report that Local 2339N also endorsed Bernie
Sanders' single-payer Senate Bill 703 and that copies of both resolutions
are being sent  to all members of the U.S. Congress, the AFL-CIO, and the
print and broadcast media.

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 86 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 560 union organizations in 49 states including
130 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
09/01/09