Johnson’s Daughter Asks Seniors to Fight for Health Reform

by Seth Michaels, Sep 15, 2009

Lynda Johnson Robb, the daughter of former President Lyndon Johnson, says that now is the time to pass health care reform and complete the promise of generations.

In a new video delivered to members of the Alliance for Retired Americans in Pittsburgh for the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention, Robb says  her father’s fight for Medicare should inspire us to go further in building a better health care system.

Harkening back to the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and her father, Robb noted that they would want to make the most of the opportunity to add to the historic achievements of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security:

They would say that ensuring all Americans have guaranteed, affordable health care is the missing piece of the modern American social contract, the unfinished business of their legacies.

This is also the unfinished business of our generation. I urge America’s seniors, and all Americans, to finish this project by working for affordable health care for all.

People across the country, particularly seniors, are being targeted by powerful interests who are using scare tactics and disinformation in an attempt to stop health care reform, Robb said. But just as those interests didn’t prevent President Johnson from signing Medicare and protecting the health of older Americans, they must not be allowed to block health reform that finally provides health care for all, Robb said.

I urge you to reject the falsehoods spread by those who stand to gain by the failure of health reform, and those who simply don’t realize what’s at stake.

You can view the four-minute version of Robb’s message here and the full nine-minute version here.

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