Working Families Deliver 15,000 Letters for Health Care Reform

by Seth Michaels, Nov 5, 2009

Union members sent more than 15,000 letters in support of health care reform to Congress.

What a contrast: As working families are delivering 15,000 handwritten letters in support of health care reform on Capitol Hill this afternoon, corporate-bused in “protestors” are on the Hill as well—spreading misinformation and trying to outshout the legislative process in Congress today and scare House members from voting in favor of the bill.

The House is beginning debate today on a historic health reform bill, H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, and likely will vote on it this weekend. The bill would provide real assistance to millions of working families—but insurance companies and their cronies in Congress are putting big money into a last-minute push to kill reform.

But the shouts and misinformation can’t distract from the truth: America needs and voted for real health care reform. The letters from working families from around the country ask Congress to pass real reform that cuts costs, covers more people, protects consumers against insurance company greed and doesn’t tax working people’s health benefits.

As part of our National Week for Health Care, union members around the country are supporting health care reform through rallies and worksite leaflets, print ads in the Washington, D.C., area and a national call-in campaign to encourage House members to vote for the bill. Union members are mobilized, energized and ready to win.

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