Vote on single-payer amendment & House bill expected Saturday
November 4, 2009
Dear PNHP Board and Activists,
Quick update and “last call” for lobbying your Representative to support Medicare for All!
The latest news from Capital Hill is that there could be a vote on the Weiner amendment for single payer as soon as this Friday, although it may not come up until Saturday. The House is expected to vote on the Democrats’ bill at 6 p.m. Saturday. The Kucinich amendment did not make it into the final bill, and is dead.
Last minute calls to encourage your Representative to vote “yes” on the Weiner amendment for single payer are encouraged. The Congressional Switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
As Harvard health economist William Hsiao told the New York Times yesterday “you can have universal coverage and good quality health care while still managing to control costs. But you have to have a single-payer system to do it.”
In solidarity,
Ida Hellander