NEWS AND COMMENTARIES

• Center for Media and Democracy | Publishers of PR Watch--WendellPotter
• 24/7 ONLINE VIDEO CHANNEL | Free Speech TV
• Thom Hartmann | News. Opinion. Debate
• www.madashelldoctors.com
• Alternet
• Tom Paine
• Truthout
• Indy Media
• Irregular Times
• Greg Palast
• Consortiumnews.com
• Bill Moyers Journal . Home

VIDEOS

• Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies
• Need a laugh? Repaired Link to Jon Stewart on media: CNN Leaves It There | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
• Michael Moore Screens 'Capitalism: A Love Story' in Flint Michigan
• Congressman Alan Grayson Says Don't Get Sick
• YouTube - Michael Moore on Countdown With Keith Olbermann
• Michael Moore on Larry King: Capitalism... 
• YouTube(1) - Universal Health Care Message to Americans From Canadian Doctors & Health Care Experts
• YouTube(2) - Can't Go Home
• YouTube (3)- Universal Health Care Message To Americans, Dos Equis, Two X's From Canada
• Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS    Wendell Potter, Insurance Industry Whistleblower
• Real Time: Bill Moyers on Health Care as a Human Right -1
• Bill Moyers With Bill Maher August 28, 2009 Part Two Video
• Bill Moyers With Bill Maher August 28, 2009 Part Three Video
• Video Billionaires for Wealth Care
• Comic Relief: THE WINNER of the 2010 Health Care Summit

DEMOCRATIC  AND  OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

• The Justice Caucus of the MDP
• Democratic National Committee
• USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
• Michigan Democratic Party
• Michigan Election Reform Alliance
• Black Box Voting - America's Elections Watchdog Group
• Michigan Liberal.com
• Common Dreams
• Democracy for America
• Progressive Democrats of America
• Wellstone Action 
• Sierra Club
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Pesticide Action Network 
• Arianna Huffington
• Michael Moore
• Daily Kos
• Please Cut the Crap.com
• snopes.com: Urban Legends Reference Pages

You can also call or write to the President:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Please include your e-mail address

Phone Numbers:

     Comments: 202-456-1111

     Switchboard: 202-456-1414

     FAX:  202-456-2461

U.S. Senator Carl Levin, D.             http://levin.senate.gov/           202-224-6221                          

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, D. http://stabenow.senate.gov/           202-224-4822 

Contact your U.S. House Representative and Senators to ask them to support a public option, H.R. 676, for the healthcare bill. Write, email, fax, and call them often.

Make these four requests:

1. If you haven’t, cosponsor single-payer legislation today. (HR 676 for Reps. and S. 703 for Senators)

2. Join Senators Schumer, Harkin, and Sanders in asking the CBO to score single-payer legislation. Past cost-benefit analysis (including from the CBO) reflect the cost neutrality of a single-payer system, and savings of healthcare dollars overall.

3. Vote for single-payer amendments to current legislation going through House and Senate committees. The grassroots movement is closely watching the outcomes of the votes on single-payer amendments. This will be documented and remembered in the midterm elections.

4. Refuse to accept campaign contributions from the healthcare industry and support publicly funded elections. The receipt of healthcare industry dollars is a conflict of interest as you vote on healthcare policy.

We are greatly concerned that the current legislation will not be universal, protect individuals from bankrupting medical bills, or guarantee needed healthcare to people. Even with proposed=2 0private insurance reform, the quality of coverage available will vary significantly depending on ability to pay, which is flagrantly discriminatory. Healthcare is not a product, it is a necessity, and all deserve equal access to care. In addition, there are no realistic cost-containment measures.

A single-payer system o f publicly-financed and privately-delivered care solves all of these issues and provides true health security. It is the only proposal that is both socially and fiscally responsible.

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Republican U. S. House Members                                                                                                        

 U.S. Senators

U.S. Senator Carl Levin, D.            http://levin.senate.gov/           202-224-6221                         

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, D. http://stabenow.senate.gov/    202-224-4822