We can't waver now. As the House and Senate are gearing up for a vote on our health care overhaul, we need to let our elected officials know: Any bill MUST include a public option -- with no trigger.
We must end the troubling disparities in access to care and health outcomes between insured and uninsured Americans as Congress continues working to reform our nation's health care system. And the best way to do that is with a bill with a strong public option.
Health care reform must achieve universal access. Tell your senators that you demand a public option!
1:29 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Washington
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12:59 pm PST, Nov 20,Lora Heulitt, California
DO NOT put your own political agenda first--GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT! you are elected by the people to represent US--NOT YOURSELF. the people want a public option!
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12:52 pm PST, Nov 20,Penny Moonstone, Oregon
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12:52 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, California
LET THE PUBLIC VOTE!!!!
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12:39 pm PST, Nov 20,Gustavo Gomes, Portugal
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12:38 pm PST, Nov 20,June Harrison, New Jersey
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12:34 pm PST, Nov 20,Ruth Carter, Georgia
The public option is one that MUST be in the health care bill.
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12:04 pm PST, Nov 20,Lesley Taufer1, Colorado
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12:03 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, California
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11:59 am PST, Nov 20,Esther Prieto Diez, Spain
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11:57 am PST, Nov 20,Helen Jackson, Kentucky
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11:55 am PST, Nov 20,Eric Eisenman, California
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11:50 am PST, Nov 20,Joan Cramer, Ohio
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11:43 am PST, Nov 20,Sybil Thomas, Georgia
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11:39 am PST, Nov 20,Ana Maria Romero Used, Spain
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11:31 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Virginia
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11:14 am PST, Nov 20,Lisa Nativi, New Hampshire
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11:09 am PST, Nov 20,Kayla Cook, Illinois
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11:07 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, California
Health care reform is very close to becoming a reality, but it must represent all Americans. No triggers. No loss of reproductive rights for women. And no exceptions.
We need strong, fair health reform that covers all of us and a public option to insure competition.
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11:05 am PST, Nov 20,David Miotke, California
I am going on Medicare as of December 1st! I would like to see Medicare given to all. A Public Option will begin to take us there. Please, please, let us become a healthier country by giving healthcare to all.
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10:51 am PST, Nov 20,Virginia Hitchcock, Florida
A viable public option is the only way to make insurance and drug companies more competitive and to ensure that all our citizens have access to health care. We are the only industrial country that does not have this social safety net, and it is driving up the cost of our medical care for us all.
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10:45 am PST, Nov 20,Sheryl Iversen, California
Don't let a public option get watered down so that it won't be any competition for the health insurance cartel while mandating participation in their schemes.
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10:35 am PST, Nov 20,Taylor Garabato, Kentucky
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10:32 am PST, Nov 20,Becky Ford, Texas
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10:30 am PST, Nov 20,Dwi Novilia Suyono, Indonesia
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10:27 am PST, Nov 20,Ruth Butler, Utah
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10:20 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Connecticut
My husband owns his own buisiness, and I for years have carried the insurance for our family of 5. I am now unemployed and very concerned about our insurance options when my cobra runs out. We must not serve the insurance companies, they must serve the people! Do you know how much it costs 4 a family of 5 to have medical insurance now? Ridiculous! health care must change in the united states & the change must have a public option!
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10:17 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, California
This is my Public option....and I am speaking for many...thank you !!
