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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Why is ANYBODY willing to settle for less than Medicare for ALL??!!! All
of these amendments including the Kucinich and Weiner amendments are
capitulation to the insurance industries who own the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> government. STOP CAPITULATING,
PEOPLE!!!! STOP settling for second best. We either get Medicare for ALL or we
get the same shit but DON’T capitulate! STOP rolling over for the
Democratic Party. God! What’s wrong with everybody??!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Lee Loe
[mailto:leeloe@igc.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 07, 2009
11:39 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> discuss@paa-tx.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [PAA-Discuss] FW: On
Weiner amendment withdrawal</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care [mailto:laura@pdamerica.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, November 06, 2009
5:28 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> leeloe@igc.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> On Weiner amendment
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<p><em><i><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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the following is a more detailed account of the circumstances surrounding
the canceled floor vote on the Weiner amendment. </span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear
Lee,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On
the eve of what could have been the first vote on single-payer legislation
in our nation’s history, because of last minute developments, the
vote and debate on Congressman Weiner’s single-payer amendment will
not happen. Speaker Pelosi received a statement from Rep. Kucinich and Rep.
Conyers, the co-authors of HR 676, that they do not think that this is the
right time for a vote on national single-payer legislation.
They made this statement despite the extensive mobilization in support
of this vote across the country. In addition, Speaker Pelosi felt that
offering a single-payer amendment would open the floodgates to amendments
proposed to limit abortion funds, restrict immigrant access to health care
and other regressive legislation.<br>
<br>
Let us remember that the potential vote on Congressman Weiner’s
single-payer amendment resulted from holding fast to our principles of
universal, comprehensive health care with no financial barriers. <strong><b><font
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Our efforts have brought truth
and clarity to a national debate on health care reform that has been
polluted by the corporate influence over Congress.</span></font></b></strong> While
the private insurance industry has sent 3,000 lobbyists to Capitol Hill
this year, spending 1.4 million dollars a day to shape reform that protects
their profits, our calls, faxes, and demonstrations have created the
momentum to bring legislation based on HR 676 to the floor of the House and
Senate. <br>
<br>
The vote for Congressman Weiner’s single-payer amendment would have
allowed advocates to have their representatives on record as single-payer
supporters.<br>
<br>
But <strong><b><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>this
legislative battle is not yet over</span></font></b></strong>. Our
focus can now turn to two remaining efforts for single-payer healthcare in
this Congress. <a
href="http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=14212486"
target="_blank">Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce S 703</a> in coming
weeks, and we understand that he is considering editing it to be more
like HR 676. We will have the opportunity again to see the
first ever vote on single-payer healthcare in this Congress. In
addition, Rep. Kucinich’s amendment to allow states to more easily
implement a single-payer system may be reinserted into the bill during the
conference committee between the House and Senate. <br>
<br>
All of these efforts are crucial to building the movement for the only
solution to our health care crisis--single-payer national healthcare.<br>
<br>
If this Congress passes inadequate legislation, there will no
doubt be emboldened state movements in the coming years. We welcome
them. But let us not forget the movement to push our federal
legislators to meet the demands of the people, not roll that responsibility
onto the states. <strong><b><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'>The Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health
Care remains committed to a national, single-payer solution to the
health care crisis.</span></font></b></strong> Comprehensive,
quality health care is a right that should be extended to every <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
resident. <br>
<br>
At this important time, <strong><b><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'>let us not forget how far we have come</span></font></b></strong>. Either
now or later, a single-payer national health care
system must come to the table. We’ll keep building the
movement to make that happen. <br>
<br>
<br>
For health care justice,<br>
<br>
Progressive Democrats of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
<a href="http://www.pdamerica.org/" target="_blank">http://pdamerica.org</a>
<br>
<br>
Healthcare-NOW!<br>
<a href="http://www.healthcare-now.org/" target="_blank">www.healthcare-now.org</a>
<br>
<br>
California Nurses Association/NNOC<br>
<a href="http://www.calnurses.org" target="_blank">www.calnurses.org</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org" target="_blank">www.guaranteedhealthcare.org</a>
<br>
<br>
Physicians for a National Health Program<br>
<a href="http://www.pnhp.org/" target="_blank">www.pnhp.org</a> <br>
<br>
Public Citizen<br>
<a href="http://www.citizen.org/" target="_blank">www.citizen.org</a>
<br>
<br>
Healthcare for All Texas<br>
<a href="http://www.healthcareforalltexas.org/" target="_blank">www.healthcareforalltexas.org</a>
<br>
<br>
Western PA Coalition for Single Payer<br>
<a href="http://www.wpasinglepayer.org" target="_blank">www.wpasinglepayer.org</a>
<br>
<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City> for
Democracy<br>
<a href="http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/" target="_blank">www.thealliancefordemocracy.org</a>
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