Owensboro Area CLC Endorses HR 676, Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act

> Owensboro Area CLC Endorses HR 676, Expanded & Improved Medicare for
> All Act
>
> At its regular meeting on March 7, 2011, the Owensboro Area Central
> Labor
> Council endorsed HR 676, the national single payer legislation
> reintroduced into the 112th Congress by Congressman John Conyers (D.
> MI).
>
> The council covers workers in Daviess, Hancock, Ohio, and McLean
> Counties
> in Kentucky. Donna Haynes, CLC President, stated: "We support this
> and I
> have encouraged the support to protect our members, their families,
> and
> all Americans. If we don't offer affordable, adequate health care
> to all
> Americans, we will become worse off than the third world countries."
>
> Haynes is also Vice President of Power Industry Local 1701 of the
> IBEW and
> works at the Big Rivers Electric in Hawesville, Kentucky.
>
> Owensboro is the 137th CLC to endorse HR 676.
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> 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 (including oral surgery,
> periodontics, endodontics), mental health, home health, physical
> therapy,
> rehabilitation (including for substance abuse), vision care and
> correction, hearing services including hearing aids, chiropractic,
> durable
> medical equipment, palliative care, podiatric 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 39 co-sponsors in addition to
> Conyers.
>
> HR 676 has been endorsed by 583 union organizations in 49 states
> including
> 137 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
> 3/21/2011