Take Action-Call Sen. Cantwell
As you probably heard, at the last Senate Finance Committee hearing, physicians and single-payer advocates stood one-by-one to ask to have a seat at the table. The Senators laughed and had each one arrested. We need to end the exclusion of the only plan that will be truly universal and contain costs. Our health depends on it.
This Tuesday, May 12, the Senate Finance Subcommittee is holding its final roundtable on healthcare reform. The California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Commmittee has issued a request to include Roseann Demoro, Executive Director of CNA / NNOC and longtime leader in the single-payer movement. PNHP has formally submitted the names of two outstanding physicians, Drs. Marcia Angell and Steffie Woolhandler, to testify as expert witnesses. These voices must be heard. Nurses and doctors are on the front lines of our broken health care system, and they should be the first in line to testify on health reform.
In a late Friday evening meeting with Sen Schumer and some of our Single Payer NY members including Katie Robbins from Healthcare-now who was one of the Baucus 8 arrested ,Sen. Schumer has agreed to support our request to have single payer representatives speak at the Senate Finance Committee hearings, including one on Tuesday, so time is short. He wants us to find at least one other Senator from the Finance Committee to join in this request. We need to keep him true to this agreement. Here is what you can do: If you are a constituent of the following Senators, you can call and ask them to join Senator Schumer [NY] of the Senate Finance Committee to ask Senator Baucus to include a single-payer expert in Tuesday's Hearing. Senator Maria Cantwell-(she is on finance committee)
Washington, D.C. Office:
Seattle Office Seattle office Legislative Aide: Nate Caminos
Thanks, note:submitted by me from Judith's email.
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