Help Salvage Health Care Reform
Call Selected Congress Members. Call them now!
Demand a vote on Medicare-for-all
Demand the Kucinich Amendment to allow state single-payer plans
The House unveiled its healthcare reform package. And the news is all bad.
The Weiner Amendment, which would substitute the clean, clear language of HR 676 for the behemoth of a bill introduced, may not be given its vote in the House-in spite of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's promise.
The Kucinich Amendment, which would give the states a clear path for enacting their own single-payer legislation, was stripped from the bill. Since California is within one signature of having a state-wide, single-payer system, the Kucinich amendment is crucial to California.
We have a small window of opportunity to get the Kucinich Amendment back in the bill and to make sure that Speaker Pelosi follows through on her promise to allow a vote on single-payer-the first ever in the House.
Democratic House leaders can insert what is called a "Manager's Amendment" into legislation, even when it is closed to any other amendments. The managers are the majority and minority members who "manage" debate for the bill on each side.
Today, tomorrow, and beyond, call the "managers"listed below. Insist that the Kucinich Amendment is restored into the healthcare bill. We also need to urge these leaders to exert pressure on Speaker Pelosi-and exert it on her ourselves-to follow through on her promise to put the Weiner Amendment to a vote.
The "gang" that holds our future in their hands includes:
· Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4965; San Francisco office (415) 556-4862
· Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4131; Greenbelt office (301) 474-0119; Waldorf office (301) 843-1577
· Rep. Henry Waxman: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-3976; Los Angeles office (323) 651-1040
· Rep. Charles Rangel: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4365; New York office (212) 663-3900
· Rep. George Miller: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-2095; Concord office (925) 602-1880; Richmond office (510) 262-6500; Vallejo office (707) 645-1888
It's crucial for everyone to make these calls, to make them more than once, and to tell others to make these calls. Act NOW!
Directly Below is Original Post from last Friday and it still applies today.
Please call Speaker Pelosi's office
at 202-225-4965 TODAY!