Tell Rangel to Score HR 676. Eliminate a Roadblock to Single Payer........

[sisters6]

Chuck Schumer-a few weeks back said he was going to do this. so far its not been done.


Tell Rangel to Score HR 676. Eliminate a Roadblock to Single Payer
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Although he was a co-sponsor of HR 676 in the last Congress, Rep. Rangel has declined to sign on in this Congress, he has refused to hold hearings on single payer and he has refused to send HR 676 to the Congressionsal Budget Office for 'scoring.' Thus, Congresspersons can claim (with their usual duplicity) that there is no viable way to afford publicly financed health care.

Congress is like the three monkeys -- see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing. They need the evidence that single payer is the ony way to finance universal health care for America. They need the CBO scoring.

We want Rangel's Ways & Means committee to hold singlepayer hearings and ask CBO to score the single payer bill in the House -- John Conyers' HR 676.

So help out Congress with a fax campaign to Rep. Rangel and his committee members. Send the Congressman a convincing number of faxes in advance of his meeting with single payer advocates. Click on this link to send the faxes.

And for added impetus, email Rep. Rangel's communication director, Elbert Garcia. His email address is [e-mail]. Tell him to relay the message to Rep. Rangel: Score HR 676. Now. No more excuses.

[sandnsea]

1. Focus On Public Option

If we don't do it now, we won't have anything.

[sisters6]

2. Dems are scrambling now-looking for the new. Good time to hit

them with the option pushed under the table. What are you afraid of?

[sandnsea]

4. What?

I don't even know what your post meant.

Regardless, you're distracting from the fight in case you aren't up to date. We're losing the Public Option right now. Why won't you fight the right fight??

[sisters6]

5. and you have given up before the fight has begun.

[sandnsea]

10. I'm trying to get people to start fighting

the right fight.

[dflprincess]

7. This is what happens when you start your bargaining with what you'll compromise for

it looks more and more that there was never any real intention to actually "reform" the system, but only to protect the insurance companies.

[sisters6]

8. Yes, the first thing they did was to kick Single payer under the table and talked

with the insurance industry. look what happened.!!!

[sandnsea]

9. No, it's what happens when there's chaotic opposition

and no message control.

[slipslidingaway]

3. knr nt

[sisters6]

6. thanks and pass it around please.