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Stand Tall for America: Support Health Care for All!

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Stand Tall for America

It's time for universal health care.  Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) has proposed the Healthy Americans Act, and it would guarantee everyone health care that is:

  • Universal. Every American will have guaranteed health care.
  • Comprehensive.  A high quality plan - as good as what members of Congress get.
  • Portable.  It's your health care, and you can take it with you if you change jobs, are laid off, go to school, start a new business, or become too sick to work.
  • Non-discriminatory.  We'll ban "pre-existing conditions" and make sure that every pays a fair price for equal, high quality, coverage.
  • Affordable.  Under $40,000 income?  You'll pay less than you do now.  Under $150,000 income?  You'll pay about $1 a day more than today for guaranteed coverage.

Can the Healthy Americans Act be a reality?  Yes.  There are already over a dozen bipartisan co-sponsors in the U.S. Senate.

Once the Healthy Americans Act passes, we will have universal, affordable, comprehensive, portable, high-quality, private health coverage - within one year.  There's no reason to wait.  The Act even saves money through wellness and prevention - $1.48 trillion in one respected, independent study.

The Healthy Americans Act puts you in charge of your health care choices, not your employer.  Every American will feel secure, knowing that your health care won't ever go away.  And 46 million Americans will get the comprehensive health care they need.

But we need your help to make the Healthy Americans Act a reality.  We need a few more Senators to sign on as co-sponsors - so tell your Senators to support the Healthy Americans Act today!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 5,000
 

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Dear Senator [Last Name]:

At this moment, 46 million Americans are uninsured. For workers and their families who have health insurance through their employers, many are afraid that they will lose coverage if they change jobs, are laid off, go to school or become too sick to work.

But the Healthy Americans Act, a bi-partisan health care reform plan by Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), would guarantee every American universal, affordable, comprehensive, portable, high-quality, private health coverage that is as good or better than Members of Congress have today. The Act includes tough cost containment measures -- and would save Americans $1.45 trillion over the next decade.

The Healthy Americans Act:

- Guarantees private health care coverage that doesn't go away, even if you change jobs, lose your job, retire, go to school or become too sick to work.
- Provides a generous benefit equal to those of Members of Congress.
We signed the “Stand Tall for America: Support Health Care for All!” petition!
# 150:
9:37 pm PST, Feb 15, Carla Stern, California
This honestly is a no brainer ... without proper health care or the programs in place to provide this - citizens die! Along with bankrupt lives we will also have untold suffering by those without health care. We can do better than this and should ... it is an ethical and moral imperative!
# 149:
9:36 pm PST, Feb 15, Kim Bigley, Texas
# 148:
9:31 pm PST, Feb 15, DENISE STARK, Florida
# 147:
9:30 pm PST, Feb 15, Lakim Mann, Massachusetts
I would hope that the next President would go to visit the country and see first hand how it really is over there. I mean we can all sit here and talk about it but it is another think to go there and see it first hand. I also feel that then and only then would someone in power want to really do something to help with the problem there.
# 146:
9:29 pm PST, Feb 15, Name not displayed, Arizona
# 145:
9:28 pm PST, Feb 15, Brandy Dedmon, Alabama
# 144:
9:24 pm PST, Feb 15, Sylvia York, Virginia
# 143:
9:23 pm PST, Feb 15, Ira Gerard-DiBenedetto, Illinois
# 142:
9:20 pm PST, Feb 15, Sarah Eubank, Virginia
# 141:
9:17 pm PST, Feb 15, Carole Crowe, Oregon
# 140:
9:16 pm PST, Feb 15, Name not displayed, Washington
# 139:
9:15 pm PST, Feb 15, Julie Glenn, Missouri
# 138:
9:14 pm PST, Feb 15, Claire Allan, Arizona
# 137:
9:07 pm PST, Feb 15, Sarah Skinner, California
# 136:
9:03 pm PST, Feb 15, Cecily Crute, Indiana
# 135:
9:02 pm PST, Feb 15, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 134:
9:01 pm PST, Feb 15, Tracy Sear, Colorado
# 133:
9:00 pm PST, Feb 15, Wendy Brown, Kentucky
# 132:
9:00 pm PST, Feb 15, Ms.R. Sverio, California
# 131:
9:00 pm PST, Feb 15, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
And single payer!
# 130:
8:59 pm PST, Feb 15, Lori Nason, New Mexico
# 129:
8:58 pm PST, Feb 15, Kathy Barber, North Carolina
A little preventative health care and medical care when a person first needs it will save a LOT of money by preventing them from becoming chronically ill, unable to work, or unable to take care of their families
# 128:
8:56 pm PST, Feb 15, Cassidy Cramblit, Arizona
# 127:
8:54 pm PST, Feb 15, Paul Engstrom, California
# 126:
8:50 pm PST, Feb 15, Patrice Pop Rivinus, Rhode Island
# 125:
8:49 pm PST, Feb 15, Craig Fowler, Illinois
# 124:
8:48 pm PST, Feb 15, Bill Holt, Texas
# 123:
8:48 pm PST, Feb 15, Carol Wagner, Oregon
# 122:
8:46 pm PST, Feb 15, Josh Maresca, California
# 121:
8:45 pm PST, Feb 15, Elizabeth W Gage, Michigan
# 120:
8:45 pm PST, Feb 15, Rachele Weiss, California
# 119:
8:43 pm PST, Feb 15, Jannice Mull, Pennsylvania
# 118:
8:42 pm PST, Feb 15, Samantha Gunning, Canada
# 117:
8:42 pm PST, Feb 15, Timara Motley, Virginia
# 116:
8:40 pm PST, Feb 15, Candy LeBlanc, California
# 115:
8:40 pm PST, Feb 15, Dana Bellwether, California
I've seen one of the kindest people i know disabled by illness, for lack of health care coverage.
# 114:
8:39 pm PST, Feb 15, Name not displayed, Mississippi
# 113:
8:39 pm PST, Feb 15, Jason Bowman, California
# 112:
8:35 pm PST, Feb 15, Renee Solano, California
# 111:
8:32 pm PST, Feb 15, Paul Damian, Illinois
# 110:
8:31 pm PST, Feb 15, Alex P Bostwick, Kentucky
# 109:
8:30 pm PST, Feb 15, Guillermo Arnaud, Oklahoma
# 108:
8:28 pm PST, Feb 15, Harrison P Bertram, Illinois
# 107:
8:27 pm PST, Feb 15, Jaime Cammarata, RD, Pennsylvania
# 106:
8:27 pm PST, Feb 15, Anquinette Barry, Washington
# 105:
8:26 pm PST, Feb 15, Jo Ann Thornton, Mississippi
# 104:
8:24 pm PST, Feb 15, Tiffany Booth, Texas
We need this! Unfortunately, I too, am one of the many people who don't have health insurance, due to being unable to afford it.
# 103:
8:23 pm PST, Feb 15, Mark Donaldson Jr, Florida
# 102:
8:23 pm PST, Feb 15, Michael Donatti, Texas
# 101:
8:23 pm PST, Feb 15, Isaac Grimm, Vermont
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