From the Communist Party of the USA’s website:
Mass mobilization is needed
Over the summer this fight will be waged like an election campaign by the labor movement and progressive forces.
Across the country activists will be asked to knock on doors and make phone calls to build a massive groundswell for health care reform.
This campaign provides a great opening to strengthen our clubs and build the broader movement. Some of our clubs are in the thick of the fight; some are looking for ways to become engaged.
Each district and club should discuss how to carry this fight forward in a way that results in new friends, new readers of the People’s World, and new members of the Party and Young Communist League. A few ideas:
• speak to neighbors and friends about their health care stories and suggest what they can do.
• share coverage of the Peoples World in either its print or electronic form and ask if they would like the paper every week in one or another form.
• prepare a special agenda for your club meeting with invited guests.
• help build participation in rallies and events of unions and other organizations.
• organize speak-outs and town hall meetings with others.
• collect signatures on petitions, make phone calls, employ the internet, and organize visits to your elected officials.
While we support HR 676 as the most advanced demand in the current debate, it should not be counterpoised to a Medicare-like public option. In the single payer movement and the campaign for a public option, our role isn’t to sharpen differences, but rather to build maximum unity against the health care industrial complex and its supporters (Democratic as well as Republican) in Congress and for meaningful health care reform.
http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleview/1054/1/27/
From the SEIU website:
THE HEALTHCARE EQUALITY PROJECT (HEP)
Who We Are
The Healthcare Equality Project (HEP) is a national partnership between nationwide and community-based organizations, faith networks, students, parents and individuals working to achieve comprehensive health care reform that will eliminate healthcare disparities once and for all. We want to ensure that healthcare reform efforts- beyond simply expanding insurance coverage – become an engine for reducing the unfair, pervasive and life-threatening healthcare disparities that plague women, racial, ethnic and other minorities. Our nation urgently needs healthcare that works for everyone!
Partner Organizations
- Asian American Justice Center (AAJC)
- Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance – AFL-CIO (APALA)
- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
- Center for Community Change (CCC)
- Colorado Progressive Action
- Hispanic Federation (HF)
- Idaho Community Action Network
- La Clinica del Pueblo
- Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)
- Latino Federation
- Latinos for National Health Insurance
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
- Montanans for Health Care
- National Council of Urban Indian Health
- National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
- National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
- National Puerto Rican Coalition (NPRC)
- National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)
- Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (NWFCO)
- Oregon Action (OA)
- Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
- Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD)
- Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition (REHDC)
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- Take Action Minnesota
- The Gamaliel Foundation <<tied to Obama
- The Task Force
- URU The Right to Be, Inc.
- South Dakotans for Health Care Solutions
- Washington Community Action Network (WCAN)
http://www.healthcareequalityproject.org/
Then ADD THIS:
What is Health Care for America Now (HCAN)?
Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is a national grassroots campaign of more than 1,000 organizations in 46 states representing 30 million people dedicated to winning quality, affordable health care we all can count on in 2009. Our organization and principles are supported by President Obama, Vice President Biden, and more than 190 Members of Congress.
We are building a national movement to win comprehensive health care reform by helping mobilize people in their communities to lobby their U.S. Senators and Representatives in Congress to stand up to the insurance companies and other special interest groups to achieve quality, affordable health care in 2009.
Our Steering Committee includes: ACORN, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, Americans United for Change, Campaign for America’s Future, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Campaign for Community Change, Children’s Defense Fund Action Council, Communications Workers of America, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), MoveOn.org, NAACP, National Council of La Raza, National Education Association, National Women’s Law Center, SEIU, UFCW, USAction, Women’s Voices, Women’s Vote and Working America.
http://healthcareforamericanow.org/site/content/about_us/
End note:
Have any Congressional Leaders in the House or Senate actually read this bill? Do they know what is needed/how to pay for it? Progressive taxation won’t work. Now Obama states that he is considering taxing health benefits (Isn’t this what Obama chastised McCain for during the campaign)?
Controlling costs involves:
Putting a cap/ceiling on Doctor’s/Nurses wages.
Putting a cap on corporate run Hospitals; or is Obama planning to Nationalize them too?
Putting a cap on prescription drugs. Pharmaceutical companies make profits; or will Obama Nationalize them too?
Andy Stern from SEIU has a weekly audience with “The One”. What is discussed? Why is Stern the ONLY Union boss allowed a weekly audience? Is Stern demanding Obama insert in the bill only UNION doctors and nurses will be hired to work?
Will Healthcare go down in the likeness of the Auto Industry?
America: Don’t believe the lies of being able to keep your current healthcare. The health insurance industry will be bankrupted and you will have no other option other than government controlled healthcare.
Nationalized Healthcare; with the bureaucrats in Washington making the decision if you are worthy of medical care/treatment?
Will we see a Euthanasia bill next?
Will we see the words eugenics and population control?
Just remember this about Obama’s taxation plan:
“It all rolls downhill”: IF you cannot get enough revenue from the $250,000 Americans; you lower the scale. HOW far down will Obama move this ceiling?
Remember: Communism/Socialism will NOT WORK without capitalist money. Isn’t it funny they hate capitalism, but NEED their money!
Taxation will force the rich to move money offshore in phantom accounts (George Soros good example of this)
Taxation will force businesses to move offshore.
Taxation will force small businesses to close.
Then WHERE do YOU think they will get their money to fund their programs?
