Submits Resolution to State AFL-CIO Convention
Montpelier, VT The Washington-Orange-Lamoille Labor Council became the first in Vermont to endorse HR 676, single payer universal health care legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). Representative Bernie Sanders, that state’s only member of the US House of Representatives, is among the 75 co-sponsors of HR 676.
The council’s resolution will be submitted to the state AFL-CIO convention which meets in mid September. Representative Sanders is expected to address the convention.
Currently, Sanders is running for the U.S. Senate. Single payer advocates in Vermont are working to persuade Sanders, who is leading in the polls, to agree to introduce a companion bill to HR 676 in the Senate once he is elected to that new position.
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HR 676 now has 75 congressional co-sponsors in addition to John Conyers. 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.
HR 676 has been endorsed by 175 union organizations including 39 Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations and seven state AFL-CIO’s (KY, PA, CT, OH, DE, ND & WA).
For further information, a complete list of union endorsers, or a sample endorsement resolution, 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