Reno Virtual Rally for National Healthcare

Committed to a national healthcare program? Join our virtual demonstration by emailing Senators Reid and Ensign anytime from right now through 1 June!

Find your Assembly Reps here.

Here's an interface with a pre-written message which you can edit or add to. If you are not a doctor, take the physician statements out.

Let us know how you've participated by leaving a comment below.

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The majority of Americans and physicians agree: We need a national, single-payer healthcare system. Yet, Single-Payer healthcare is largely ignored as a viable option.

For more details and back-story on national healthcare, see the top of our homepage.

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Comment by Ben on June 4, 2009 at 7:17pm

Some folks are going to try getting together Saturday in front of the Joe at UNR.


We need Health Care Reform NOW (Health Care Organizing Kickoff)
We will discuss health care reform, what we can support, what we would like to see, how to go about actively promoting reform!
Time: Saturday, June 6 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Host: Lisa Stiller
Location:
UNR: outside of J Crowley (Reno, NV)
Reno, NV 89503
Directions: Go to UNR Crowley building, and we can meet outside!

Comment by Ben on June 4, 2009 at 7:12pm

Well, here's the response I got... I didn't even bother with Ensign

June 3, 2009







Mr. Ben Atteberry



Minden, Nevada 89423



Dear Mr. Atteberry:



Thank you for contacting me about health care reform. I appreciate hearing from you.



In America today, concerns about our health care system have been rightly brought to the forefront of the national consciousness. Many of us are familiar with the reports of 47 million uninsured Americans, escalating prescription drug prices, and declining health insurance benefits. Unfortunately, for too many across Nevada and the country, these facts and statistics are not anonymous findings removed from daily life. As a fellow Nevadan, and as the Senate Majority Leader, I know that millions are struggling with the reality of America's health care crisis.



Amid our health care crisis, however, I believe there are opportunities for members of Congress, the President and his Administration, the private sector, and other stakeholders to work together for the benefit of the American people. It is my hope that the solutions we develop and enact will ensure quality, affordable health care coverage for all Americans-regardless of their age, income, employment, or health status.

During the 111th session of Congress, we have already made significant improvements to our healthcare system. For example, in February we passed an expansion and extension of the vital Children's Health Insurance Program (P.L. 111-3). This legislation will expand coverage to an additional 4.1 million low-income children across our country. I am also pleased that as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5), billions of dollars have been allocated for health information technology, the National Institute of Health for research and development, and for prevention and wellness programs. In addition, the federal matching payments for state Medicaid programs have been increased, and a temporary subsidy for COBRA premiums has been implemented to help ease the burden for hard working families affected by the economic crisis.

We have taken the first steps in a long, arduous journey towards healthcare reform, and there is still much more to be done. Please know that as we move forward, I will keep your ideas and concerns in mind. It is my hope that we can make affordable, comprehensive health coverage a reality for so many Americans who are currently struggling to pay their medical bills, and make ends meet.



Again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me. For more information about my work for Nevada, my role in the United States Senate Leadership, or to subscribe to regular e-mail updates on the issues that interest you, please visit my Web site at http://reid.senate.gov

. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.



My best wishes to you.



Sincerely,

HARRY REID

United States Senator

Nevada

Comment by Billy on May 31, 2009 at 8:44am

Here are the letters I sent:

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Dear Senator Ensign,

Please support H.R. 676.

65% of the people of the US polled as supporting single payer health insurance for all.

I support the group Physicians for A National Health Program. It's 16,000 member doctors and nurses feel strongly enough to be arrested at Senate hearings that single payer, national, "Medicare for all" is the wisest solution financially and medically for the United States.

Single-payer national health insurance would save enough on administrative paperwork -- more than $350 billion per year -- to provide comprehensive coverage to all Americans. It would provide full choice of doctor and hospital for patients, and free physicians from arbitrary and meddlesome insurance-company dictates regarding patient care. It would control the health expenses currently crippling our economy and provide for a wholesome revitalization of our democratic values.

Please join with the 65 percent of Americans who support such a system and co-sponsor H.R. 676.

Comment by Ben on May 29, 2009 at 9:02pm

I'm sorry that we couldn't figure something out.

Comment by Carolyn Miller on May 29, 2009 at 7:47pm

I've emailed Reid, Ensign, and Heller to demand that they add the option of a single-payer healthcare system for consideration. This is the only way we can achieve true reform in the industry. Only BIG PHARMA and INSURANCE CO. interests would potentially be hurt.

Comment by John "Hai" Knapp on May 24, 2009 at 3:03pm

Can't promise I will attend. I am hoping someone can get such an event going on here in Lincoln NE. I am all for single-payer. Yes it's not perfect; but far better than what we have now. We don't have a healthcare system; we have a disease control system.

A-For-Da-Ble Health* will save our economy,
it is in the best interest of everybody,
if every job moves out of the country,
than (tell me) whose gonna pay the medical fee?

My old friend Martin said, "of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care are the most shocking and inhumane!"

Comment by David Sanders on May 23, 2009 at 7:39pm

Get us some details (when & where), and I'll be there!