No More Compromising on Health Care – Call on Senators to Reject All Public Option-Weakening Amendments
Reports from The Hill are that Democratic Senators are preparing to offer a “compromise” amendment to the healthcare bill as soon as next week that would destroy the public option.It's likely to include every one of the insurance industry's greatest hits – a trigger, state-based co-ops, and could even replace the already bad Opt-Out clause with an even worse one that would require states that want a public option to Opt-In instead.
And what should come as no surprise to anyone, they're likely to still call this new sell-out to the insurance industry a “public option.”
No matter what they call it, enough is enough. It's time to stop negotiating with defeat and reject all amendments which weaken the public option.
CALL ON SENATORS TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND REJECT ALL AMENDMENTS WHICH WEAKEN THE PUBLIC OPTION
Some Healthcare Heroes have already decided whose side they're on. Speaking for the American people, here's what Senator Sherrod Brown said about these last-minute attempts to kill real reform:
Senators Bernie Sanders and Roland Burris have made similar statements, but these three Senators can't stand alone. They need us to back them up. Every member of the Democratic Caucus needs to know where we stand.
America stands with Healthcare Heroes who fight for a public option, not Insurance Industry Senators who care more about the insurance interests who fund their campaigns than providing every American real healthcare reform.
We're done negotiating. Enough is enough. The public option in the current Senate bill is our final compromise.
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