Call To Action: GOP Still Trying To Kill Public Option
DemocracyforAmerica.comDr. Alta Price is taking a well-deserved vacation this week. Check back for Alta's Health Care Reform Update next Tuesday.
Sometimes politics is like the arcade game Whac-A-Mole. Just when you beat one bad idea down, another one pops up.
Last week, Conservative Democrats in Congress – they call themselves Blue Dogs – recently released a joint statement detailing their support for the “trigger”, which is simply a sneaky way of killing a public healthcare option.
DFA members and our progressive partners responded with phone calls, congressional meetings and hand-delivered messages demanding they drop the “trigger” and support real reform. One by one, the majority of Blue Dogs abandoned their coalition statement. To top it off, even Rep. Jim Cooper (Tenn.), the vice chairman of the Blue Dog Health Care Task Force, announced his support for a public option without a “trigger.”
Thanks to your work, it looks like the “trigger” idea is dead. But that hasn't stopped Republicans and insurance companies from finding a new way to kill a public healthcare option, they call it the “Co-Op proposal.”
FUEL OUR AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO BEAT BACK THE LATEST GOP TRICKS
Let's be clear: the “Co-op Proposal” is NOT a public healthcare option.
It would not be a national plan with open-access for all Americans, because some cities aren't likely to have co-ops. It would lack the bargaining clout of a national public healthcare option, so there goes our ability to cut costs. And without Government appointed oversight, co-op would lack the accountability needed to enforce quality care.
If the current “Co-op Proposal” stands, Americans would be stuck with the same broken system we have now and at the mercy of for-profit private insurance.
That's why, just like the “Trigger,” the “Co-op Proposal” must be stopped.
CONTRIBUTE RIGHT NOW AND DELIVER THE RESOURCES TO WIN
We've got the momentum on our side, but insurance companies and their Republican puppets in Congress will stop at nothing to kill a public healthcare option.
Our aggressive campaign will keep fighting back — every time — until we win. With your support today, we will beat their dirty tricks.
Thank you for everything you do to move America forward.
Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America
Blog For Iowa 