Day: August 16, 2009

Yesterday, Secretary Sebelius said that the public option is not an “essential” part of health care reform but we do need some mechanism to provide “competition” for private insurers and a “choice” for Americans. Many of us are concerned about what seems like a retreat by the Obama administration from something we’ve worked hard for, a public health insurance plan. But before we freak out, let me point out a couple of things: Continue reading

PA Health Care for America Now, SEIU and Partners Hold Huge Statewide Effort for Health Care Reform Governor Howard Dean kicks-off Aliquippa Event Health Reform Advocates Reach Out to 10,000 Pennsylvanians In Support of President Obama’s Health Care Reform Plan Jenkintown, Upper Darby, Middletown (Bucks County), Allentown, Wilkes-Barre, Pottsville, Reading, Williamsport, Aliquippa, Erie, and Sunbury, PA— The dog days of August did not keep over 400 activists from spending hours reaching out to their neighbors in support of President Obama’s health care reform plan in twelve locations in every corner of Pennsylvania. Canvassers talked to over 5,000 Pennsylvanians and left fliers at the homes of another 5,000. Continue reading