Howard Dean - a call to ACTION for progressives!

[Krashkopf]

Now is the time for Progressives, like us, to let the Democratic Leadership know that we are behind Howard Dean 110%!

Call Roland Burris, and let him know you will SUPPORT HIM if he follows through with his filibuster!

Call Harry Reid, and let him know that you DEMAND reconcilliation on a strong public option! (Relatively uncontroversial aspects of the bill, like being excluded from coverage if you have a pre-existing conditions, can and will, pass in the normal way).

And, call the White House and tell them to STOP KISSING JOE LIEBERMAN'S ASS!

[LiberalLoner]

1. Does anyone have phone numbers handy? For those of us who don't know where to find them?

Thank you! :)

[DCBob]

3. You also should call Teabaggers Headquarters so you can coordinate you efforts..

Enjoy your waste of time and effort. The bill is going to pass.

[Krashkopf]

4. Just call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at [phone] . . .

and ask for your senators' and/or representative's office. The White House # is 202-456-1414.

And, welcome to DU. You are NOT alone here!

[LiberalLoner]

5. Thank you!

I'm listening to both sides on this here and I'm totally confused at this point. Is the bill as it stands a net good thing or a net bad thing? If I knew for certain, I would know what to do, and how to phrase my phone call. I know I must come across as being an idiot, and that's probably accurate, but I just feel I don't know for certain if this is going to be a good thing or a bad thing. I wish I did. Thanks for the welcome. Been feeling a lot of despair in recent years over the direction our country is moving in and just at being surrounded by the military which seems to be very right-wing, religious fundamentalist-leaning.

[democrank]

2. I want change, not

pretend change. Someone should haul Lieberman off center stage.

[ima_sinnic]

6. kicking, recommending, & here are phone numbers:

Senator Roland Burris:

523 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]

alternatives for Illinois DUers:

Chicago Senate Office
Kluczynski Federal Building
230 S. Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: [phone]

Springfield Senate Office
607 East Adams, Suite 1520
Springfield, IL 62701
[phone]

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Sen. Harry Reid:
Washington, D.C. Office:
522 Hart Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-2803
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

for Nevada DUers:

Las Vegas Office:
333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 8016
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Reno Office:
400 South Virginia Street, Suite 902
Reno, Nevada 89501
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Carson City Office:
600 East Williams Street, #302
Carson City, Nevada 89701
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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White House:

Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: [phone]

TTY/TDD

Comments: 202-456-6213
Visitors Office: 202-456-2121

[fasttense]

7. Removing the Mandate is a win-win for everyone.

After the removal of the public option, the mandate is what is making this bill worse than nothing. Without the mandate, no one is forced into buying from a bunch of thieves, Americans are no longer locked into health care through insurance corporations and the Democratic party wont be blamed for every death dealing lousy con the health insurance corporations play.

They could put the mandate on a trigger. If Americans start abusing the health insurance corporations, and the corporations can prove 30% of their customers are waiting until the last minute and causing undue loss in profits, then the trigger would kick in. Or just add the mandate later if problems come up.

Remove the mandate, pass the legislation, and President Obama and the Democratic party can do a happy dance and claim they have health care reform.

Then through reconciliation expand Medicare for all.

It's a win-win for everyone. The health insurance corporations still get some new customers from people who use the subsidies. The Democratic party can pretend to have done health care reform. The Republicons can claim they stopped socialized medicine. And Americans aren't getting a worse system and are getting a few tidbits of improvement.

Then using reconciliation pass Medicare for all.

Removing the Mandate is a win-win for everyone.

[maryinthemorn]

8. Anyone know what happened? ......

I am just in the process of checking this out. Did it come up last night?


Forum Name General Discussion: Presidency
Topic subject Sens. Sanders/Brown & Burris (SINGLE-PAYER) Amendment UP TONIGHT: FAX FREE TO REID AND YOUR SENATORS
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x60467#60467
60467, Sens. Sanders/Brown & Burris (SINGLE-PAYER) Amendment UP TONIGHT: FAX FREE TO REID AND YOUR SENATORS
Posted by maryinthemorn on Wed Dec-16-09 12:46 AM


PLEASE FAX AND CALL AND LETS PUT OUR DISAPPOINTMENTS RELATED TO THE SENATE BILL INTO ACTION.


from HealthJustice <[e-mail] >reply-to [e-mail]
to : xxxxxx
date Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:16 PM
subject Single Payer Vigil

mailed-by in.constantcontact.comsigned-by 1payer.ccsend.com


Invitation From Margaret Flowers MD, one of the Baucus 13,

We have reached an historic place. Tonight, for the first time in the history of the U.S., there will be single payer legislation introduced on the Senate Floor in the form of Senate Amendment 2837 put forth by Senators Sanders, Brown and Burris.

As we learned last Thursday following our rally and senate visits, our presence does make a difference. It was largely due to the actions last week and the many phone calls/emails that this amendment is coming to the floor.

Now we have another chance to be there and show our support for single payer. That is why I am asking you (even though I know this is a busy time) to join me tonight in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office building starting at 5:30 as I stand vigil during the vote. Wear your white coat if you have one. Bring a small sign. We will be in full view of many of the senate offices and our presence will make a difference (believe me that our absence will tell the senators that the support for single payer is not strong).

I hope to see you tonight!

If you can't make it, you can watch it at www.c-span.org . And if you havn't already, please call your senators and ask them to vote "yes" on SA 2837!

Best,
Margaret Flowers, M.D.
[e-mail]
410-591-0892

Make the calls to Sen. Harry Reid and your U.S. Senators TONIGHT:
Washington, D.C., office: [phone]
Las Vegas, NV, office: [phone]
U.S. Capitol Switchboard: [phone]
Peace - onward. We shall overcome. Healthcare is a basic human right.

We need a massive outpouring of faxes and phone calls to the office of Harry Reid, who is the key to getting a vote on Sen. Sanders' amendment. Click here to send your fax now to your Senators and to Sen. Reid urging a vote on SA 2837, the Sanders single payer amendment.

Click here to send your fax now to your Senators and Senator Reid

http://www.1payer.net/faxapp/senders/add/cid:47


Then call the offices of your Senators (numbers here).

http://www.1payer.net/faxapp/senators/viewall


Then call the office of Sen. Reid [phone] to ask him to allow floor debate and a vote on SA 2837.

http://www.1payer.net/faxapp/senders/add/cid:47

Click here to send your fax now to Senator Reid

[maryinthemorn]

10. Its happening TODAY....

Well at least this says so.


http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=A2F302D9-7080-44D4-A2CB-F5CC254E3F18

Release: Senate to Take up Single-Payer Health Plan

December 15, 2009

WASHINGTON, December 15 - The Senate on Wednesday will debate for the first time in American history a proposal to create a single-payer, Medicare-for-all health care system.

"In my view, the single-payer approach is the only way we will ever have a cost-effective, comprehensive health care system in this country," said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), whose amendment will come before the Senate.


The Sanders Amendment would provide health care and dental coverage for every American, save money, and improve health care results.

"One of the reasons our current health care system is so expensive, so wasteful, so bureaucratic, so inefficient is that it is heavily dominated by private health insurance companies whose only goal in life is to make as much money as they can," Sanders said.

[JNelson6563]

9. Yep, ol' Howard is a natural leader

and it's showing. again.

[chimpymustgo]

11. He's an HONEST MAN, too. K&R.