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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healthcare-NOW! [mailto:email@healthcare-now.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 24, 2018 7:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> David Johnson<br><b>Subject:</b> Help us fight the industry attacks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#222222;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Industry's Battle Plan Revealed<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 3.75pt 0in 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img width=325 height=49 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D483D4.C1CEFBE0" alt="Image removed by sender. alt_text"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:22.5pt'><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;font-weight:normal'>Democratic Opposition<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>David - One day we're going to have to fight GOP leaders to enact Medicare for All. But for now, our opposition comes from Democrats. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>A new <a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=95845&qid=10194983">bombshell report</a> from The Intercept reveals how <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>leading Democratic consultants are working with industry to derail Medicare for All</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt;border-radius: 4px'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='background:#222222;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-radius: 4px'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=95846&qid=10194983"><span class=button-link1><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;border:solid black 1.0pt;padding:10.0pt;background:#222222'>DONATE NOW</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>From the report: "Over the summer, leading pharmaceutical, insurance, and hospital lobbyists formed the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, an ad hoc alliance of private health interests, to curb support for expanding Medicare. They've <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>tapped consulting firms with deep ties to Democratic officials</span></strong> to help disseminate their messaging to the party's candidates and the public." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Here's a slide from a presentation by the coalition:<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=95846&qid=10194983"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. alt_text"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>There is a battle going on right now for the soul of the Democratic party - and <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Medicare for All is at the heart of the struggle</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Next year, our legislative leaders will have a chance to push the single payer agenda forward. But with attacks coming from <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>within</span></em> the party, whether or not they will do so will <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>depend on the commitment of the grassroots</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>We need your support to go into 2019 strong! Please give to Healthcare-NOW at this crucial juncture for the Medicare for All movement! <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt;border-radius: 4px'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='background:#222222;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-radius: 4px'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=95846&qid=10194983"><span class=button-link1><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;border:solid black 1.0pt;padding:10.0pt;background:#222222'>DONATE NOW</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>We're not going to accept "defending the ACA" anymore - and now that the Democrats have control of the House, we don't have to. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>In solidarity, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Ben and Stephanie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Healthcare-NOW staff<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 7.5pt 30.0pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:560px'><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=95847&qid=10194983"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. alt_text"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt'><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>@HCNOW<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=95846&qid=10194983"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. alt_text"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt'><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>DONATE<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Healthcare-NOW is a grassroots organization that fights to end the health insurance crisis by educating and advocating for improved Medicare-for-All legislation, such as H.R. 676. 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