Fw: [Peace-discuss] Fw: Support a Public Option

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I want to second what Carl has said !

He is absolutely right !

DO NOT SIGN this FRAUD of a petition !

DEMAND the expansion of Medicare ( single payer ) to cover EVERY Ameican 100 
% and put the parasitic private health insurers out of business, who profit 
from the deaths of 40,000 Americans every year !

Demand that the U.S. FINALLY join the rest of the civilized world. Every 
industrialized country in the WORLD has 100 % single payer coverage, even 
some third world countries have it, like ; Jamaica, Costa Rica, and Cuba.

Germany has had 100 %  single payer since 1889 !

WE are 120 years behind, and it is literally KILLING US !

David J.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw: Support a Public Option


> The public option preserves all the systemic deficiencies that we see in 
> the current system.  It maintains a finance system that is based on 
> private insurance and private insurers and their drive to fight claims, 
> issue denials, screen out the sick and make a big profit; and it generates 
> tremendous administrative waste — 400 billion dollars a year. You can 
> expand coverage by just raising taxes and paying insurers to cover people, 
> but that’s not a sustainable system.  It won’t cover every body and it 
> will fall apart quickly due to rising costs -- as we’ve seen in 
> Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon, Tennessee and Minnesota. [Russell 
> Mokhiber]
>
> Don't sign the petition. Write to these senators -- who are protecting the 
> profits of the private insurers -- and insist on  a single payer system, 
> instead. --CGE
>
> Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>>
>> --- On Fri, 6/19/09, Senators Leahy, Durbin and Schumer
>> <info at leahyforvermont.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Senators Leahy, Durbin and Schumer <info at leahyforvermont.com> 
>> Subject: Support a Public Option To: "Jenifer Cartwright"
>> <jencart13 at yahoo.com> Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 12:12 PM
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Jenifer,
>>
>>
>>
>> Sign our online petition today to show your support of Congress' work
>> to reform America's health care system and create a public insurance
>> option!
>>
>> Sign our Petition at CitizensForAPublicOption.com >>
>>
>> Nearly 50 million Americans -- one-in-six of our fellow citizens --
>> lack health insurance. And even those families lucky enough to have
>> health insurance have seen their premiums triple in the past decade,
>> now paying an average of $16,000 per year and rising rapidly.
>>
>> In short, America's health care system is in a crisis, and it's time
>> to do something about it.
>>
>> This month, Congress is working on new reform legislation that will
>> make quality health care available and affordable for all Americans.
>> But we know the forces of the status quo will battle us every step of
>> the way.
>>
>> So we're asking for your help, today, to get this critical
>> legislation passed.
>>
>> Please sign our online petition today -- and circulate it to your
>> friends -- and show your support of Congress' work to reform
>> America's health care system now!
>>
>> The whole reason for health insurance in the first place is to spread
>> costs among as large a group of people as possible, so we all pay a
>> reasonable amount for quality health care and don't get stuck with an
>> enormous bill if we get sick.
>>
>> Unfortunately, that's not how our system works anymore.  Now, private
>> insurance companies have been able to cherry-pick the healthy
>> customers they want -- denying coverage to people who are most in
>> need while charging exorbitant premiums to other folks with
>> "pre-existing conditions."
>>
>> That's not right. It's time for private insurers to treat Americans
>> fairly.
>>
>> That's why, as part of any health care reform plan, we support a
>> public health insurance option that would foster greater competition
>> in the marketplace.  If you're happy with your current insurance
>> plan, you could keep it.  But a public option would create more
>> choices for consumers -- and lead to lower costs and better quality
>> for all.  Plus, a public option would allow you to always keep your
>> insurance, even if you lose or change your job.
>>
>> Please sign our online petition today -- and circulate it to your
>> friends -- and show your support of Congress' work to reform
>> America's health care system now!
>>
>> At a time when our country is struggling to pull itself out of a
>> severe recession, we can't let our health care system continue to be
>> an anchor dragging down our nation's economy.
>>
>> We'll take this petition to our colleagues to show them the strong
>> grassroots support for reforming America's health care system now --
>> including creating a public insurance option.
>>
>> With private insurance lobbyists roaming the Capitol, trying to stop
>> real health care reform, the time to act is now.  We need you to make
>> your voice heard.
>>
>> Please stand with us: Sign our online petition now -- and help us
>> pass strong health care reform legislation this summer!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Senator Dick Durbin
>>
>> Senator Patrick Leahy
>>
>>
>> Senator Chuck Schumer P.S.  Hearings are already underway, and
>> legislation is already being drafted.  This is a critical time for
>> you to stand up, join us, and make your voice heard.  Please sign our
>> petition now.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Paid for by Friends of Dick Durbin, Leahy for U.S. Senator, and
>> Friends of Schumer
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