Working America, Union Members Deliver for Health Care Reform

by Seth Michaels, Nov 20, 2009

Working America members in Louisiana and in several other states wrote thousands of letters to their senators urging them to pass health care reform now.

In Louisiana, Maine, North Dakota, Delaware, Arkansas and Indiana this week, Working America members and union volunteers are sending a message to their senators: You need to pass real health care reform.

Working America and union members delivered thousands of handwritten letters to senators in these key states. On Tuesday in Louisiana, Wednesday in Arkansas and yesterday in four other states, these activists brought more than 15,000 letters to their senators in support of health care reform that expands coverage, doesn’t raise costs for middle-class families because it doesn’t tax their benefits and includes a public health insurance option to help hold insurance companies accountable.

You can join the fight and demand a Senate                                                                                                                                               debate on health care reform here.

The Senate’s health care bill, launched yesterday, still has flaws, but it’s moving in the right direction, and the Senate will be voting tomorrow night on whether to proceed with debate. Debating and voting on a bill in the Senate are critical and necessary steps toward passing health care reform and improving the lives of millions of working families, both those with and those without insurance today.

State and local union leaders and activists were also in Washington, D.C., yesterday visiting members of Congress to ask them to pass health care reform. This is the time when grassroots activity will matter the most, so contact your senators today.

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