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  1. Signatures
    128 out of 200
    Petitioning
    1. Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC-07)
  2. Created By
    North Carolina Justice Center
About this Petition Petition Letter

No matter where you're from, if you want health reform to pass this year, please sign on to urge Congressman Mike McIntyre (D-NC) to vote in favor. The House Democratic leadership is struggling to get enough votes to pass the bill. They need McIntyre's vote.

Congressman McIntyre voted against health reform when it passed the House last year. We need to make sure he understands that this bill addresses many of his publicly-stated concerns:  it DOES NOT reduce Medicare benefits for seniors, DOES NOT provide public funding for abortion and DOES reduce the deficit. Most importantly, it will provide coverage to hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children. Many of those children are in Congressman McIntyre's district:

* Nearly 12% of children in the 7th district of N.C. have no insurance.
* More than 23% of non-elderly residents here have no insurance.

Both of these stats are higher than the national averages. McIntyre's constituents need health insurance reform, and so does the rest of the state and the country.

Recent Signatures

Please Pass Health Reform

Dear Congressman McIntyre:

I urge you to vote in favor of the upcoming health care reform bill. North Carolina, the country, and the 7th district of North Carolina in particular, need change in this broken system, and we need it now.

I’m sure you agree with the main tenets of the bill: more Americans should be covered, insurance companies should not be able to cherry-pick who they cover and drop whoever they want to drop, and low-income families should be covered by public insurance or receive some help in paying for coverage on the private market or in health insurance exchanges.

Your public concern with the bill has centered around the deficit. The CBO has determined that this bill will substantially reduce the federal budget deficit over the next 10 years. It also does not provide public funding for abortion and does not reduce benefits for seniors through Medicare. Most importantly, it will provide coverage to hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children.

You are impeding the passage of a bill that is desperately needed in your own district and across the country: Nearly 12% of children in the 7th district of N.C. have no insurance. More than 23% of non-elderly residents here have no insurance. Both of these stats are higher than the national averages.

I was disappointed with your vote against the House bill last fall, but you still have time to do the right thing for your constituents and for the country. This health care bill isn’t perfect, but neither was the first piece of civil rights legislation. It took numerous bills to make the needed changes then, and it will probably be the same with health reform. But this is the moment to get started. Don’t be on the wrong side of history.

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