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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: 2-10-2009
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!

# 5,140:

11:26 am PST, Feb 9, Candice Evans, Indiana

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11:47 am PST, Jan 20, Therese Dautheribes, Arizona

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2:14 pm PST, Jan 18, Llew Taylor, Pennsylvania

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10:44 pm PST, Jan 7, Mary Maness, Alabama

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6:00 am PST, Jan 6, Lori Walker, Alabama

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8:32 pm PST, Jan 5, Tom Stearns, Vermont

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6:44 pm PST, Dec 28, Jennifer Gardner, Florida

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1:09 pm PST, Dec 23, Melissa Carrera, Texas

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2:15 am PST, Dec 23, Raffael Trimmel, Austria

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6:12 am PST, Dec 17, Connie Hawkins, Pennsylvania

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3:55 pm PST, Dec 16, Misti Manns, Illinois

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6:26 pm PST, Nov 16, Sheila Parks, North Carolina

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3:37 pm PDT, Oct 16, Jody Sullins, Arkansas
This is a problem that has illed America both mentaly and phisicaly for years. something needs to be done.

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9:41 pm PDT, Sep 19, Name not displayed, Ohio
We need health care reform NOW!

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2:29 pm PDT, Sep 18, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece

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6:15 am PDT, Sep 17, Anita Lasanowski, Indiana
I believe in equal opportunity even when social classes devide the chances.We were all born naked and our hearts all beat the same.As a country we should have health care provided by our government.As a citizen we should control and monitor our government and not the other way around!

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5:36 am PDT, Aug 26, Kelly Kemp, California

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6:39 pm PDT, Aug 25, Shawnamarie Murray MD, New Hampshire
stop sexual assaults by doctors and other kinds of acting out behaviors...

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8:43 am PDT, Aug 22, Name not displayed, New York

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3:35 pm PDT, Aug 14, Marya Gomez, California

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6:58 am PDT, Aug 13, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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3:32 am PDT, Aug 13, Robyn MacDonald, Australia

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2:06 pm PDT, Aug 8, Raymond Linnastruth, California

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5:56 pm PDT, Aug 3, Jennifer Pizarro Herron, Indiana

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9:55 pm PDT, Aug 2, Andi Alnwick, New York

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7:34 am PDT, Jul 30, Lisanne Velez, New Hampshire

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9:15 am PDT, Jul 24, Lissette Gomez, Venezuela

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1:30 pm PDT, Jul 19, Katie Stewart, California

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2:50 pm PDT, Jul 15, Joan Mclaughlin, Pennsylvania

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10:46 am PDT, Jul 11, Jodi Middlebrook, Arizona

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1:26 am PDT, Jul 9, Jo Laz, Illinois

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4:18 pm PDT, Jul 7, Amy Nelson, Washington
With all the health issues that I have myself, I get frustrated the more I see issues like this come up! I have been in and out of the hospital all my life. It would be nice to know that there is health care coverage that would not go away! This issue is VERY important to me!

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3:03 pm PDT, Jun 28, Elizabeth Kanze, Massachusetts

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2:46 pm PDT, Jun 23, Hillary Novak, Ohio
as a full time student trying to raise a family on only one income in todays world is neerly imposible. health care is a growing need for health care coverage because of the millions of adults and children who cannot afford it, myself included. how can we shape tomarows leaders if we can't even aford to keep them health.

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12:07 pm PDT, Jun 19, Lizzy Kline, Pennsylvania

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4:50 am PDT, Jun 18, Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
It's time that the citizens of the United States have the same quality health care as all other developed nations. I am so sick and tired of executives from healthcare companies and drug companies making big bucks a year, 9-figure salaries, whilst struggling Americans barely can afford anything in these tough times. The USA is so far behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to providing decent healthcare. Health care is too loaded with bureaucracy for doctors and patients. I love this idea that every American should have healthcare. We can't wait. Please, please pass this act. Please make it a reality.

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3:04 pm PDT, Jun 16, Sara Lawrence, Missouri

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10:45 am PDT, Jun 8, Barbara Bunton, Texas

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9:58 pm PDT, Jun 5, Tatiana Kostanian, California

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11:03 pm PDT, Jun 1, Vincent Poly, Florida

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