June 7th (6-7-06)
Healthcare-NOW, a national coalition of community, faith based, and labor groups has called for local actions on June 7th in support of HR 676 the “United States National Health Insurance Act” introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich). The date was chosen to correspond with the bill’s number, HR 676.
Coast to coast actions include picketing Blue Cross offices (Pittsburgh), press conferences outside the offices of the two remaining Massachusetts congressmen who are not yet co-sponsors of the bill (Boston), a news conference to announce a campaign to get eight city councils to endorse HR 676 (St. Louis), noon rally in Rodney Square in Wilmington, DE, plus leafleting, the showing of a specially made video “Don’t Be A Chicken” and much more in communities across the country.
To find the action near you, obtain the video, or a complete list of nationwide activities, go to www.healthcare-now.org or call 1-800-453-1305.
HR 676 now has 70 congressional co-sponsors in addition to John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI). It would institute a single payer health care system in the U.S. by expanding a greatly improved Medicare system to every resident.
HR 676 would cover every person in the U. S. for all necessary medical care including prescription drugs, hospital, surgical, outpatient services, primary and preventive care, emergency services, dental, mental health, home health, physical therapy, rehabilitation (including for substance abuse), vision care, chiropractic and long term care. HR 676 ends deductibles and co-payments. HR 676 would save billions annually by eliminating the high overhead and profits of the private health insurance industry and HMOs.
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HR 676 has been endorsed by 143 union organizations including 25 central labor councils, two state AFL-CIO’s (KY and PA), and two area labor federations.
For further information and a complete list of union endorsers contact:
Kay Tillow
All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care-HR 676
c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)
1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 636 1551, (502) 459-3393
email: nursenpo@aol.com.
