Take Action on Universal Health Care Legislation - Now!
Write Your Endorsement Letters for Single Payer Bills!
See our letter-writing guidance
for both the California bill, SB 810 and the two US Congressional bills, HR 676 and US Senate bill, S 703.
Sign up for the California Senate's SB 810 legislative updates -- Follow the progress through the legislature!
For BOTH SB 810 and HR 676, the time is NOW to write both your organizational and individual endorsement letters.
Legislators and their staffs say they take very seriously signed letters of support that are not form letters, but that reflect the writer's personal reasons for endorsing the bills. Two venues need your endorsements right now:
California SB 810
California SB 810 will go to Senate Floor in June 2009. Warning: The margin is razor-thin at this point – down to ONE vote! This is not a done deal!
US Congressional HR 676
For HR 676, any and all hope for change in the Obama-era will happen this summer – it’s do-or-die! Or supporters will get arrested trying!
See the "Baucus 8" arrests of prominent single-payer advocate physicians and other health professionals at the US Senate Finance Committee hearing on healthcare reform on May 5th, 2009)! http://www.healthcare-now.org
So NOW What?
Activate
- Write Endorsement Letters for SB 810 and HR 676 (See our Endorsement Letter Instructions: www.cahpsa.org/endorsemt_ltrs.html )
- Select leader now to organize for LD10 in January 2010 -- see www.CaHPSA.org's Lobby Day 2010 for details.
- Organize individual endorsement letter drive: Mail to Senator Leno and other Legislators.
Prepared by Parker Duncan, MPH, MS4: CaPA Medical Student Fellow (CaPA.fellow@gmail.com) 2008-2009.
For more information:
- California Physicians’ Alliance (www.CAPA.PHNP.org)
- Physicians for a National Health Program (www.PHNP.org)
- California Health Professional Student Alliance (www.CaHPSA.org)