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!
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10:35 am PST, Nov 21,Debra Slater, Oregon
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10:33 am PST, Nov 21,Rebekah Henley, California
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10:25 am PST, Nov 21,Adam Arnold, Connecticut
Though those who claim to oppose the public option (generally because either they do not understand it or have been deliberately deceived regarding its meaning) are vocal, they are no more a majority than those who oppose civil rights in general. Health care is a right, and as a modern nation we should be ashamed that so many of our citizens are inadequately covered in the case of injury or illness.
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10:24 am PST, Nov 21,Eric Wagoner, Arizona
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10:16 am PST, Nov 21,Lois Silvanovich, Texas
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10:16 am PST, Nov 21,Alessandro Cerminara, Italy
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10:15 am PST, Nov 21,Jeffrey Ferris, Delaware
A public option, or at a minimum a non-profit insurance option, is the only path to curb the abuses that are rampant in our for-profit health insurance system. Please act to reform health care now!
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10:06 am PST, Nov 21,Beverly Doan, New Jersey
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9:56 am PST, Nov 21,Lisa Mangieri, New Jersey
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9:56 am PST, Nov 21,Paul Grohman, New York
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9:41 am PST, Nov 21,Phyllis Minton, California
Please do not be swayed by all the noise from the opposition they are NOT the majority. I have been a health care worker for 30 years working mostly in public hospitals. We have no other choice but provide a public options so most all people will be covered by health care. I do vote and I will remember how you vote on this issue.
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8:17 am PST, Nov 21,Adrienne Brietzke, Arkansas
I cannot fathom why you, Sen. Lincoln, are opposed to a public option; you've never bothered to articulate clearly why that is. You ran as a Democrat. That means you signed to support the Democrat platform. Your constituents are in a state that is 48th in health care. HOW CAN YOU NOT VOTE TO CORRECT THIS???? Until I hear a clear articulation of your opposition that makes sense, I guess we'll have to assume the worst. That's unfortunate. Three in this household have voted for you each election cycle. If you vote against the public option, we'll have to vote against you. I hope you'll find your moral compass on this issue and vote to support a strong public option.
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8:06 am PST, Nov 21,R Miller, Washington
Please--do not offer us less.
