National Nurses Week - Time for action - Call Sen. Baucus' office to support Single Payer Rep

[1776Forever]

From Health Care Now:

http://www.healthcare-now.org/

It's National Nurses Week, and there are many single-payer festivities in Washington, DC. Help us celebrate the leading role nurses play in the single-payer movement by joining us in Washington DC and/or making a call to get single-payer experts into the Senate Finance Committee Roundtable discussion!

This Tuesday, May 12, the Senate Finance Committee is holding its final roundtable discussion on healthcare reform. The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee has issued a request to include Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of CNA/NNOC and longtime leader in the single-payer movement. PNHP has formally submitted the names of two outstanding physicians, Drs. Marcia Angell and Steffie Woolhandler, to testify as expert witnesses.

These voices must be heard. Nurses and doctors are on the front lines of our broken health care system, and they should be the first in line to testify on health reform.

As you probably heard, at the last Senate Finance Committee hearing, physicians and single-payer advocates stood one-by-one to ask to have a seat at the table. The Senators laughed and had each one arrested. We need to end the exclusion of the only plan that will be truly universal and contain costs. Our health depends on it.

Here is what you can do: Single-Payer New York met with Senator Schumer, member of the Senate Finance Committee, on Friday evening. He agreed to ask Chairman Baucus to include a single-payer expert if we can get another Senator on the committee to join him. If you are a constituent of the following Senators, you can call and ask them to join Senator Schumer of the Senate Finance Committee to ask Senator Baucus to include a single-payer expert in Tuesday's Hearing:

Stabenow - Washington DC office 202-224-4822
Kerry - Washington DC office [phone]
Rockefeller - Washington DC office [phone]
For a full list of Senate Finance Committee members, go here.

If you are not a constituent of Senators on the Finance Committee, please call Sen. Baucus' office in Washington and urge him to extend the invitations at 202-224-2651, or fax him at [phone].

Thank you for your support at this critical time in our nation's health!

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Please rec this up and let's get moving!

:applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[1776Forever]

1. Please rec this - Important and the meeting is tomorrow!

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[redqueen]

2. There's already another thread.

See my sig.

[Fireweed247]

3. K&R

[avaistheone1]

4. Do it for yourself, or your family.

Or do it for a nurse. Definitey call Baucas.

I have already called Senator Kerry's office.

[jsamuel]

5. Full contact info here:

> Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 224-5521
> Maria Cantwell (D-WA) 224-3441
> Thomas Carper (D-DE) 224-2441
> Kent Conrad (D-ND) 224-2043
> Blanche L. Lincoln (D-AR) 224-4843
> Robert Menendez (D-NJ) 224-4744
> Bill Nelson (D-FL) 224-5274
> Ron Wyden (D-OR) 224-524

[robinlynne]

6. I would expect Senator Kerry to be a supporter!

[G_j]

7. thanks! K&R

[1776Forever]

8. Here is my fax:

Read our lips – Millions are yelling this in your ear!

Put Single Payer Rep at the Table!

We the people are speaking! It is OUR Government and if enough of us want this done then it should be done!

Here are the names:

Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of CNA/NNOC and longtime leader in the single-payer movement and Drs. Marcia Angell and Steffie Woolhandler, to testify as expert witnesses.

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If this Committee does not do this we should all inundate them with more faxes and calls! My blood is boiling!

:argh:

[Fireweed247]

9. kick

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[Fireweed247]

10. kick

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[G_j]

11. kick

[LSK]

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