Yes You Can! Make a Difference in the end results of Health Care Reform legislation.

Yesterday Senator Harry Reid asked for our help.  He said he wanted us to push hard! and contact our reps.  Make ourselves heard right now!

And Majority Whip Senator Dick Durbin has created a poll linked here asking what type of public option WE want.  It is clear that he wants to hear from 'Everyone' on this because address info is optional.

Now is the time to let yourself be heard with full force, to press for stronger reform, a better public option in both the House and Senate. 

Yes!  We Can Make A Difference Here!

I am telling my reps that I want a robust public option that actually cuts costs and is 'available to ALL Americans'. 

What the fiscally 'conservative dems don't want you to know is that it would actually save us more money.  It would be better for the deficit and the economy.  So if you have a conservative dem lying to you that the 'public thinks the public option is free', or that the bill will 'cost too much', they are lying to all of us and I urge you to call them out to truly do what is morally, ethically, and economically best for our country and support a robust public option.

Senators Reid and Durbin stated this week that using the 51 vote reconciliation process is a procedure that is still on the table should they get blocked from getting an up or down vote on the floor.  I am urging them to pass a robust bill via reconciliation if they find that an ugly fight on their current weak bill will lead nowhere..

Please take Senator Durbin's poll and Fax, Email, AND Call your reps, the leadership, and those in congress and other organizations that you know who are out there still fighting for better bills.

**Others have made note of this in their blogs and it IS important to note that neither of these bills is going to do anything to bring down costs.  The house bill in fact allows the insurance companies to charge premiums no more than 125% of average premiums as they currently exist.  TELL CONGRESS YOU WILL NOT ACCEPT A MANDATE IF THEY DO NOTHING TO CUT COSTS AND MAKE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE!

Thanks!!