PHM-Exch> USA: mobilization for health care for all

[Claudio Schuftan]

This past spring, 13 brave individuals were arrested for disrupting Senate
Finance hearings on health reform, chaired by Sen. Max Baucus. They were
disgusted with witness panels, filled with private insurance execs and their
cronies, that did NOT include even one single-payer expert.

Since Baucus only listened to the interests of millionaire CEOs and their
lobbyists, it should be no surprise that a former CIGNA exec. called the
Senate Finance Committee's recently released bill, "a gift to the private
health insurance industry that should be renamed the *'Insurance Industry
Profit Protection and Enhancement Act.'"*

We can't stand for this disaster. The Mobilization for Health Care for
All<http://e2ma.net/go/6520108043/208019409/208739850/28803/goto:http://www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org>is
launching
*a campaign of nonviolent sit-ins at insurance company
offices*<http://e2ma.net/go/6520108043/208019409/208739851/28803/goto:http://www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org>so
we can stand up to end a system that profits by denying people care
and
puts insurance company bureaucrats between doctors and patients. Time for
Medicare for all, a single-payer, national healthcare system.

*Healthcare-NOW! has decided to support this effort, and to encourage local
coalitions in our network that are ready and willing to participate*.

The PHIMG (Private Health Insurance Must
Go<http://e2ma.net/go/6520108043/208019409/208739852/28803/goto:http://www.phimg.org>)
coalition in NYC will begin this campaign on September 29th. Other local
groups are planning subsequent actions.

*Actions may vary, but the central idea is to target major private insurance
companies* because they must not, and can not, be part of any solution to
our healthcare crisis.

We need your help. Let us know if you'd like to participate in, or organize,
a civil disobedience action near you. Go here to sign
up<http://e2ma.net/go/6520108043/208019409/208739853/28803/goto:http://www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org>to
sit in and join the nonviolent resistance today!
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