[Peace-discuss] [cchcc-l] Saturday's Health Reform Update & Take Action!

Sat Mar 20 19:22:44 CDT 2010

I will NOT support this phoney health care bill, and you are FOOLS to 
support it.
Don't you get it ?

Obama is NOT are friend and ally. He is a bought and paid for corporate 
whore !

This bill will do NOTHING for the health care of millions of Americans, and 
instead will institutionaly entrench the insurance corporations.

NO COMPROMISE, MEDICARE FOR ALL NOW OR PAY THE PRICE OF RETALIATION COME THE 
NEXT ELECTION !

THAT should be our message !

Nothing more, nothing less !

David Johnson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Champaign County Health Care Consumers" 
<cchcc at healthcareconsumers.org>
To: <cchcc-l at lists.shout.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:47 PM
Subject: [cchcc-l] Saturday's Health Reform Update & Take Action!

> Dear Friends,
>
> We at Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) wanted to bring you
> the latest updates on health reform, and to let you know that your
> actions -- your phone calls, faxes, e-mails, letters to the editor -- DO
> make a difference!
>
> It is Saturday, and today is the eve of the House's vote on health
> reform, and a couple more Representatives from Illinois have committed
> themselves to voting yes for health reform.
>
> Please read below for more information on:
>
> 1. HEALTH REFORM UPDATE - WHAT'S NEXT?
>
> 2. VOTES NEEDED TO PASS HEALTH REFORM & HOW ILLINOIS REPS ARE LINING UP
>
> 3. TAKE ACTION - MORE CALLS NEEDED TODAY AND EARLY TOMORROW!
>
> **********************
>
> 1. HEALTH REFORM UPDATE - WHAT'S NEXT?
>
> A. The House will NOT use the "deem and pass" approach to passing health
> reform.
>
> Instead, the House will apparently take three independent votes tomorrow
> (Sunday) in order to pass the health reform package (Senate bill, plus
> budget reconciliation bill, which "fixes" certain aspects of the Senate
> bill). The three votes the House will have to take are: 1) a vote on the
> rule; 2) a vote on the budget reconciliation fix package; and 3) a vote
> on the Senate bill.
>
> Why the change? The Senate parliamentarian has assured leaders that they
> could pass the "fix" package prior to the Senate bill.
>
> B. Next steps, legislatively:
> Once the House passes the Senate bill, President Obama will sign it into
> law. Once the House passes the budget reconciliation "fix" bill, it will
> be taken up by the Senate. Once the Senate passes that, then that bill
> will go to President Obama.
>
> C. Over 50 Senators have pledged to support the budget reconciliation
> "fix" bill.
>
> The Senate delivered a letter to House members today signed by over 50
> Senators pledging to pass the budget reconciliation package. This is a
> good faith effort to encourage the House to vote on the Senate bill and
> the budget reconciliation bill, so the House members don't have to worry
> about getting "stuck" with only the passage of the Senate bill.
>
> D. No deal with Stupak over abortion changes.
>
> Speaker Pelosi has stated that the House will not make a deal with Rep.
> Stupak over abortion changes to the Senate bill, or budget
> reconciliation bill. Also, Stupak has lost some of his supporters -- he
> previously had 12 Representatives who were going to vote no against
> health reform if it didn't include language similar to the Stupak
> amendment in the House bill. Now only 6 are standing with Stupak. On the
> other hand, over 49 House members, led by Rep. Jan Schakowsky have
> pledged to oppose any efforts to add a Stupak amendment or cut a deal
> with Stupak.
>
> E. The House vote is scheduled for tomorrow!
>
> ***********************
> 2. VOTES NEEDED TO PASS HEALTH REFORM & HOW ILLINOIS REPS ARE LINING UP
>
> The Democrats need 216 votes in the House to pass health reform. This
> means they can only afford 38 Democratic "no" votes. So, at this point,
> they are literally counting heads and seeing where people stand.
>
> Good news! Several Illinois Representatives have changed their positions
> from either "no" or "undecided" to "yes." These include:
> - Luis Gutierrez
> - Melissa Bean (your calls helped!)
> - Debbie Halvorson (your calls helped!)
>
> Here is where the remaining Illinois Democratic Representatives stand:
> - Jerry Costello - no
> - Daniel Lipinski - no
> - Bill Foster - undecided
> - Bobby Rush - undecided
> - Mike Quigley - undecided
>
> If you want to track this kind of information yourself, you can go to:
> http://thehill.com/homenews/house/85693-whip-watch-the-hills-survey-of-house-dems-positions-on-healthcare-
>
> But you have to hit "refresh" frequently because this information is
> constantly being updated.
>
>
> ***********************
> 3. TAKE ACTION! MAKE TOLL-FREE CALLS FOR HEALTH REFORM!
>
> TODAY (SATURDAY), PLEASE FOCUS ON:
> - FOSTER
> - RUSH
> - QUIGLEY
>
> Families USA, a national consumer health advocacy organization, is
> providing advocates from all around the country with a toll-free number
> you can use to call legislators in Washington, DC to advocate for
> passage of health reform. Please take some time to make these important
> phone calls.
>
> THE TOLL-FREE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD NUMBER IS: 1-866-922-4970
> (more information about the toll free line at the bottom of this section)
>
> WHO TO CALL:
> We are asking advocates to focus on Illinois members of the House right
> now, since the House needs to first pass the Senate health bill/budget
> reconciliation package. If you're an Illinois resident, please feel free
> to call your Representative, as well as other Illinois representatives
> and tell them that you're calling because Illinois needs health reform!
> PLEASE MAKE AT LEAST ONE PHONE CALL!
>
> There are four Illinois Democratic Representatives who are undecided on
> health reform or who are pledging to vote no: Lipinski, Bean, Costello,
> and Rush. We urge you to give them a call, even if you are not in their
> district. PLEASE MAKE AT LEAST ONE PHONE CALL TO ANY OF THESE FOUR! Of
> course, if you know someone in their districts, urge that person to call
> them. The Congressional Republicans have vowed to vote against health
> reform, but if you have time and energy, you can call and
> let Rep. Tim Johnson know how you feel.
>
> Representative Bill Foster - undecided
> Representative Bobby Rush - undecided
> Representative Mike Quigley - undecided
>
> SUGGESTED MESSAGE:
> "I am calling today to urge __________ to support health care reform and
> move forward with the legislative process. Illinois residents will
> benefit from health reform, and I want you to vote yes, for all Illinois
> residents. Thank you."
>
> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CALL: You will hear a brief pre-recorded message
> from Families USA and then you will be connected to an operator. Tell
> the operator the name of the Representative or Senator you're trying to
> reach, and you will be connected to their office. Once you reach their
> office, you will leave a message with a staffer (or if after hours, on
> an answering/voicemail system).
>
> *******************
> Thank you for staying tuned and staying active!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Claudia Lennhoff, CCHCC Executive Director
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> 44 E. Main Street  Suite 208
> Champaign, IL 61820
>
> Phone: (217) 352-6533
> Fax:   (217) 352-9745
> E-mail: cchcc at healthcareconsumers.org
> Web:    www.healthcareconsumers.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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