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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Single-Payer Now

Max Baucus. Know the name? Max Baucus is the Democratic senator from Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Public Health Enemy Number One in Congress.

How so, you ask? Well, all health care reform legislation this year will go through Max Baucus. And Max Baucus has taken single-payer - also known as Medicare-for-all - off the table.
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This is unacceptable. Single-payer is not just the best answer - it's the only answer.

That's why Public Citizen is working to pass single-payer health care reform and needs your immediate help.

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Every other proposal now being floated in Washington is mere piecemeal tinkering and will fail. The American people get this. According to recent polls, the majority of Americans - and the majority of doctors - want a single-payer health care system in the United States.

Over the past two election cycles, Max Baucus has received more campaign contributions from the health insurance and pharmaceutical corporations than any other current Democratic member of the House or Senate. Big Corporate Money issues the order: "Take single-payer off the table." And Max Baucus takes single-payer off the table.

So, it has come down to this: the American people versus the health insurance and drug corporations. That's why Public Citizen needs your immediate help to fight for single-payer, Medicare-for-all health care reform.
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There is no legitimate opposition to single-payer. That's why corporate interests can't argue the facts against single-payer. Instead, they say it's not politically feasible. Translation: The drug and health insurance companies have a stranglehold on Congress.

So, what are we going to do about it? The momentum is building for single-payer in the United States. But time is of the essence. Every day, roughly 100 Americans die from lack of health insurance. Every day, hundreds go bankrupt from medical bills.

This is a disgrace that must end. Now.

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Now is the time. Push has come to shove on health care. Help us muscle up to defeat the health insurance industry. To defeat the drug industry. And to deliver universal health care-single-payer, everybody in, nobody out-to the American people.

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Onward to single-payer!

Robert Weissman
President, Public Citizen
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Say no to unlimited corporate $$$ in #politics!

Staging a funeral for U.S. democracy. Picketing a member of Congress' local office. Holding a satirical "Corporations Are People Too" demonstration at state capitol. These are just a few of the inspiring protest ideas we've heard activists like you are planning for tomorrow. It's not too late to ask your friends to pledge to protest and organize a street action -- or protest in whatever way you're able!

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Tomorrow, on 9/9/09, the Supreme Court begins hearing re-arguments in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission at 10 a.m. As you've heard from us, what is at stake is more than one hundred years of limits on corporate influence in our political system. A bad decision in this case could open the floodgates of corporate money in our elections.

Corporations already have outsized influence over our political process. Corporations are not voters and should not be allowed to roll over the public interest with their economic interests! In fact, this is settled law. But, the Supreme Court is going out of its way -- holding a special session tomorrow -- to revisit the rights of corporations to spend from their treasuries to influence our elections.

That's why we need you to protest and help us show that Americans want less corporate influence -- not more!

Please visit www.DontGetRolled.org to sign our protest petition and learn more about what others have pledged to do tomorrow.

We look forward to making a lot of noise with you! Please send us your photos, videos and stories to share at action@citizen.org.

Thank you for all you do!

Rick, Angela and Glenn
Your Advocates at Public Citizendonate
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Opponents of health insurance reform have power. Some reap huge profits from the status quo.

Opponents of health insurance reform have power. Some reap huge profits from the status quo. Others take large campaign contributions from those who profit.

So they'll do anything to keep the current system in place. When fact-based arguments don't work, they attack President Obama with outlandish lies about a government takeover and euthanizing the elderly. And once that doesn't work, they'll go even further.

We don't know what they'll do next. What we do know is that we'll have to be prepared for anything -- ready to set the record straight, ready to make sure the media and Congress see the overwhelming support for reform, and ready to pass real reform this year.

But we'll need the resources to do it -- to pay for rapid-response ads in key districts and states, organizers to put together large rallies and grassroots events throughout the country, and the best technology available to empower volunteers -- all at a moment's notice. Can you chip in $25 or more to help us pass real reform, this year?

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This was never going to be easy. As candidate Obama said just three days before the election: "Don't think for a moment that power will concede without a fight." Now, we're seeing how true that really is.

These same well-financed forces have killed reform in the past, and they're aiming to do it again.

But here's why this time can be different: There are folks like you, all around the country, who are ready to go toe-to-toe with the special interests, even when they're not fighting fair.

And we'll keep at it, because we know that the work we're doing together right now can make the lives of hundreds of millions better for decades to come.

But we need your help to keep it up. Can you donate $25 or more to beat the special interests?

There's too much at stake for any of us to sit this one out. Please chip in. Click Here to Donate



Thanks,
Mitch

Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America
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