From editor at unionsforsinglepayerhealthcare.org Mon May 8 14:53:48 2017 From: editor at unionsforsinglepayerhealthcare.org (Single Payer News) Date: Mon, 08 May 2017 14:53:48 -0400 Subject: Air Force =?UTF-8?Q?Vet=E2=80=99s=20single=20payer=20speech=20exp?= =?UTF-8?Q?lodes=20at=20town=20hall=20meeting?= Message-ID: <83360d698b897c511f6ac19b03209bb2@unionsforsinglepayerhealthcare.org> AIR FORCE VET'S SINGLE PAYER SPEECH EXPLODES AT TOWN HALL MEETING It takes only one minute for this Air Force veteran to crush the anti-single payer dogma of her representative, Republican Congressman Tom Reed of Corning, NY, during a Town Hall meeting. Watch the video [1] and pass it on. https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/videos/1264085237023033/ [2] Then take action! There are now 108 representatives signed on to HR 676, national single payer, improved Medicare for All--far more than ever before. The House is in recess from now through Monday, May 15 and again from Friday, May 26 through Monday, June 5. You should be able to see your representative in his/her home district during these times. Make an appointment for a visit; or attend a public meeting where he/she will be speaking; or go to a Town Hall meeting. You can find representatives here [3] by zip code: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ [4] You can check here [5] to see if your representative is a cosponsor of HR 676: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/676?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+676%22%5D%7D&r=1 [6] Transcript of the Veteran's speech at the Town Hall meeting Vet: "I'm a Veteran of the US Air Force and I have single payer. It has saved my life four times. There is no profit in single payer. We have to get the profit and that is why you're here. You're talking about tax exemption and property tax relief. These are human beings. We have bodies, we have minds. We are not property taxes. That's how you boil everything down into money. We are not money. We are a nation." Representative: "I appreciate your belief that you believe that the government can take care of this for all of us." Vet: "The government doesn't take care of it, they just do the bookkeeping. The VA health care does the bookkeeping, just like insurers do. The insurers do bookkeeping for a profit--on your back, on your back, on your back. The VA does bookkeeping on mine, my behalf. I'm a veteran. Everybody here deserves single payer health care, now." Issued by: Kay Tillow All Unions Committee for Single Payer Health Care--HR 676 [7] c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO) 1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218 Louisville, KY 40217 (502) 636 1551 Email: [8]nursenpo at aol.com [9] http://unionsforsinglepayer.org [10] https://www.facebook.com/unionsforsinglepayer [11] HR 676 [12] would institute a single payer health care system by expanding a greatly improved Medicare to everyone residing in the U. S. Patients will choose their own physicians and hospitals. HR 676 [13] would cover every person for all necessary medical care including prescription drugs, hospital, surgical, outpatient services, primary and preventive care, emergency services, dental (including oral surgery, periodontics, endodontics), mental health, home health, physical therapy, rehabilitation (including for substance abuse), vision care and correction, hearing services including hearing aids, chiropractic, durable medical equipment, palliative care, podiatric care, and long term care. HR 676 ends deductibles and co-payments. HR 676 would save hundreds of billions annually by eliminating the high overhead and profits of the private health insurance industry. HR 676 has been endorsed by 629 union organizations including 152 Central Labor Councils/Area Labor Federations and 44 state AFL-CIO's (KY, PA, CT, OH, DE, ND, WA, SC, WY, VT, FL, WI, WV, SD, NC, MO, MN, ME, AR, MD-DC, TX, IA, AZ, TN, OR, GA, OK, KS, CO, IN, AL, CA, AK, MI, MT, NE, NJ, NY, NV, MA, RI, NH, ID). The list of union endorsers. [14] The sample endorsement resolution. [15] 05/08/2017 Links: ------ [1] https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/videos/1264085237023033/ [2] https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/videos/1264085237023033/ [3] http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ [4] http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ [5] https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/676?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+676%22%5D%7D&r=1 [6] https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/676?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+676%22%5D%7D&r=1 [7] http://unionsforsinglepayer.org [8] http://mce_host/roundcube/nursenpo at aol.com [9] mailto:nursenpo at aol.com [10] http://unionsforsinglepayer.org [11] https://www.facebook.com/unionsforsinglepayer [12] https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/676?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+676%22%5D%7D&r=1 [13] https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/676?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+676%22%5D%7D&r=1 [14] http://unionsforsinglepayer.org/union_endorsers [15] http://unionsforsinglepayer.org/tools/sample_resolution -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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