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

[unionyes]

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From: "unionyes" <unionyes at ameritech.net>
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Subject: Fw: [Peace-discuss] Fw: Support a Public Option


>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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