The movement for health Care reform is moving forward now. And it has to because defeating the insurance companies is going to take a massive effort. .
President-elect Obama has a mandate for reform having made the issue central to his campaign. Obama spent over $100 million in health care television advertising and, in October, 86 percent of his total ad budget was spent on advertisements that mentioned the issue.
And in case anyone was wondering whether the financial and economic crises are going to delay health care reform, the answer is “no.” As President-elect Obama said time and time again, reforming health care is critical to fixing our economy.
That’s why the Obama team and Health Care For America Now is moving forward to build our movement now.
President-elect Obama is asking people to hold house parties to discuss health care reform in the next two weeks. I’m holding one at my house a week from today at 7:30. Contact me at marcstier dot hcanpa.org if you want to attend.
Or you can sign up to host your own through the Health Care For America Now website at http://healthcareforamericanow.org/page/s/changegov
And if you are not interested in house parties, but want to help move the health care issue, join our Be There For Health Care campaign at http://www.hcanpa.org. Sign up to join our invitation to President-elect Obama to come to Philadelphia to address us on health care reform, send an email to Senator Specter to seek his support for health care reform, and invite your friends to join this campaign.