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Senate Finance Passes Health Care Reform Bill. Public Option Still AWOL

by Mike Hall, Oct 13, 2009

The Senate Finance Committee this afternoon approved what one panel member called “a down payment” on health care reform. By a 14-9 vote, the committee approved a bill that Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) says is ”a down payment and…the start of reforms.”

Joining all 13 Democrats on the committee was Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).

The committee bill, crafted for the most part by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), provides important insurance industry reforms and improvements in how health care is delivered and paid for with a focus on quality over quantity.

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Dear Senator: Please Support Public Option and Save My Life

by Mike Hall, Oct 8, 2009

Photo credit: John Small  
  Ready to hit Capitol Hill with hundreds of letters written by union members are, from left, Richard Burke of CWA in Maine; Jeanine Maury of CWA in Washington state; Rick Bender, president of the Washington State Labor Council; and Mark Froemke, president of the West Minnesota Area Labor Council.  
 
   

Today, state and local union activists are continuing to deliver the more than 42,000 personally written letters from union members and Working America members calling on Congress to pass comprehensive health care reform legislation.

The letters are part of a massive nationwide week of health care action. Union leaders and activists are spending two days in Washington, D.C., delivering the letters and talking with their senators and representatives about the need for strong health care reform legislation that provides guaranteed coverage for all, includes a public health insurance option and more.

Yesterday, working Americans across the country took part in the National Call-In Day for Health Care Reform, sending their senators strong messages.

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