Hundreds in Florida, 1,000 in D.C. Rally for Health Care Reform
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| Members of dozens of unions rallied in Washington, D.C., today in a show of support for President Obama as he held a health care forum. |
With nearly 700 Alliance for Retired Americans members filling the Civic Center in Delray Beach, Fla., and another 700 Alliance and union members outside—far outnumbering protesters—health care reform backers sent “a powerful signal” this afternoon, said Alliance President Barbara Easterling.
“We will not be stopped in our fight to reform health care.”
Meanwhile, this afternoon in Washington, D.C., about 1,000 people, including members of more than a dozen unions, lined streets near Capitol Hill to show support for health care reform legislation. They answered a call sent yesterday to counter what had been expected to be a large turnout of reform opponents who were going to protest during President Obama’s health care reform teleconference and webcast. Only a handful of reform opponents showed up.
