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  1. w fleet

    In 1997 one million Italians sent a blizzard of postcards to their parliament demanding an anti-landmine bill. It worked.

    We could send A MILLION POSTCARDS to Max Baucus, the Democrat who's in charge of the Finance Committee and who has a stranglehold against SINGLE PAYER or even a strong "public option." He claims that the "American people don't support single-payer" tho polls show that 69% do. (If it's easier for you to send a letter in an envelope, do that. Be sure to put PLEASE SUPPORT SINGLE PAYER on the *outside* of the envelope.)

    Senator Max Baucus
    511 Hart Senate Office Building,
    District of Columbia 20510-2602
    Phone: (202) 224-2651
    Fax: (202) 224-9412

    Snail mail matters.  Please get your friends to postcard.

    White House Comment line.
    202.456.1111 (6AM-2PM Pacific Time)

    ps. The equivalent of EVERY man, woman, and child in the whole states of Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, have NO health care insurance in our United States of America. (Mnemonic: GINNV.) Even more shocking and shameful seen this way, isn't it! Send your postcard or letter today.

    Suggested by w fleet on 06/09/2009 @ 09:20PM PT

  2. Sign the first petiton here at change.org to demand the enactment of S 703 single payer univeral health care and sign the other petitions too. If you run a blog post it on your blog.

    http://www.change.org/actions/view/i_demand_congress_and_the_president_enact_single_payer_universal_health_care

    http://www.change.org/actions/view/i_demand_congress_and_the_president_enact_the_employee_free_choice_act

    http://www.change.org/actions/view/i_demand_that_the_congress_and_the_president_enact_a_10_an_hour_minimum_wage_into_law

    http://www.change.org/actions/view/i_demand_that_norm_coleman_concede_the_senate_race

    http://www.change.org/actions/view/i_demand_that_the_congress_and_the_president_enact_the_womens_freedom_of_choice_act_into_law

    Suggested by Liberal Democratic Party Of The United States on 04/28/2009 @ 08:41PM PT

  3. mikey johnson

    The most important thing to accomplish before this can become a reality is a complete revamping of the FDA and the Department of Health. We desperately need to get the influence of the insurance and pharmaceutical industries OUT of our health care system. Their main concern is not the health of Americans. It's the bottom line. They are corporations. Their job is to make money. It’s in their best interest to keep America sick. Given the choice drug companies would much rather see you dependent to a chemical they make than be cured outright by something natural. The cost of health care will drop when we aren’t limited to a legal monopoly peddling dangerous and expensive chemicals. We have very little accurate information as to what we are putting into our bodies and what alternatives may exist. According to the drug companies governmental arm, the FDA, no naturally occurring substance can be used to treat of cure an illness. Despite the fact that science knows this is untrue, that’s what health care is limited to in the United States. The greatest nation on Earth and our health care is based on money instead of science. That’s infuriating to me.

    So how are we going to pay for this? The answer has already been pitched at this site. Through the legalization and taxation of marijuana, we have a source of tax revenue that can help pay for health care for all Americans. This will reduce dramatically the tax burden left on average Americans. I feel that this combined with the elimination of the legal monopolies in health care will pay for health care for ALL Americans

    (And please don’t bust into the “but the added affects of marijuana use on society blah, blah, blah“… If you look at the science you will see that the risks associated with marijuana use are a fraction of that of the dangerous chemicals that are legally prescribed and illegally abused throughout America today. The same dangerous chemicals big phara pays your doctor to get patients dependent to. So you tell me? What’s really the more dangerous substance?)

    Suggested by mikey johnson on 03/30/2009 @ 04:59PM PT

  4. Kristofer Young, DC

    Be sure to register at healthreform.gov .

    Suggested by Kristofer Young, DC on 03/17/2009 @ 03:14PM PT

  5. j holley

    Consolidate the nearly 6,000 supporters in the 23 different Facebook Causes that endorse Single-payer Health Care. Work to move them all to the Facebook Health Care - NOW cause. Then spread the word and promote recruiting from there.

    Suggested by j holley on 03/17/2009 @ 01:44PM PT

  6. Christine Adams

    It was telling at the health care summit when Rep. Baron Hill of Indiana send when he asks his constituents at town hall meetings if the favor the govt. taking over health care he gets a majority saying, "yes" but when he asks if they support HR 676 single payer, he gets very few favoring it.  We need more grassroots education on single payer and we need more media coverage that is accurate.  Take these media outlets to task when they don't mention single payer and when they mischaracterize single payer.  We have seen how much power we have when we bombard a target with our demands for a voice.

    Suggested by Christine Adams on 03/09/2009 @ 04:33AM PT

  7. Ginny Wallace

    Begin by inviting members of the Single-Pay Health Care community to the meetings!
    As a long time Kaiser Permenate member, I think the single pay health care should be a serious part of the conversation.
    Thank you,
    Ginny Wallace

    Suggested by Ginny Wallace on 03/06/2009 @ 07:04PM PT

  8. Ezekiel Chang

    Here is an analysis of what is going on in the current US system as well as a recommendation on how to reform the system in an appropriate manner.

    http://knol.google.com/k/ezekiel-chang/the-future-of-the-us-health-care-system/7u0rg60cddom/2#

    Suggested by Ezekiel Chang on 03/06/2009 @ 11:14AM PT

  9. Marcia Everett

    MY BAD I forgot to add the action to my clipboard:

    Single-payer supporters will hold a "Burn Your Health Insurance Bill Day" demonstration (http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/03) on Wednesday, March 11, 10 am in front of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Washington, DC. The address is 1150 22nd Street, NW, near the Dupont Circle and GWU/Foggy Bottom Metro stations. Inside the Ritz-Carlton, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the main Washington lobbying group for health insurance corporations, will meet to discuss plans to derail single-payer (http://www.ahip.org/links/policy2009/).

    Greens urge widespread protest over President Obama's exclusion of Single-Payer/Medicare For All advocates from the March 5 health care reform summit at the White House

    http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=188

    Suggested by Marcia Everett on 03/05/2009 @ 04:08PM PT

  10. Marcia Everett

    1) we are spread out too thin. How can we talk to each other and plan anything if we are in thousands of different groups?

    http://www.amsa.org/uhc/
    http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/
    http://www.healthcare-now.org/petition/
    http://www.pnhp.org/
    http://www.healthwrights.org/
    http://www.everybodyinnobodyout.org/
    http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-676
    http://guaranteedhealthcare4all.org/

    http://www.hr676.org/

    STILL I recommend signing every petition and passing it on it would be easier to pass it on if we had ONE EMAIL LIST

    Petitions
    http://ga1.org/campaign/support_hr676?source=guaranteedhealthcare
    http://healthcare.change.org/actions/view/free_equal_health_care_for_all
    http://www.healthcare-now.org/petition/
    http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1488/t/689/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2484
    https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personal2.asp?formid=healthpet
    http://democrats.com/single-payer-petition?cid=ZGVtczUyMDY5NWRlbXM=

    http://www.pnhp.org/action/hr_676_general_resolution.php (for a group to sign)

    HR676.org is trying to make public service announcements but those COST MONEY so donate.

    Here's the next upcoming action. I personally am going to look into a permit in a street in NC(raleigh) where I live and hold a simultaneous rally. Check here if you want to join me


    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Right_To_Health_Care/?yguid=333385576
    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=23941911448
    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=4634895906

    "If we're going to have a successful democratic society, we have to have a well educated and healthy citizenry".
    - - Thomas Jefferson

    Suggested by Marcia Everett on 03/05/2009 @ 04:06PM PT

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