Yes We Can! Long IslandSupport Single Payer Health Insurance
The Single Payer Health Insurance bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers, H.R. 676, now has 64 co-sponsors! The broad support for Single Payer is shocking Washington’s cynical elite. If your Representative is not a co-sponsor, urge him/her to do so today:
http://democrats.com/single-payer-petition
Ask President Obama why he’s keeping Single Payer Health Insurance “off the table”:
http://healthreform.gov/regionalhealthforum.html
Prosecute Bush & Cheney
March 19 is the sixth anniversary of George Bush’s invasion of Iraq, a war crime of historic proportions based entirely on deliberate lies. Last week, President Obama declassified some crucial memos by President Bush’s lawyer John Yoo which nullified the Bill of Rights and created a legal dictatorship. This week, Seymour Hersh revealed Dick Cheney ran his own Death Squads around the world.
Urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a Special Prosecutor
http://democrats.com/special-prosecutor-for-bush-war-crimes
If you belong to a progressive group, join over 150 groups calling for Prosecution of Former High Officials:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/prosecutorstatement
Join protests in the U.S. and around the world throughout the spring, especially around March 19:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/spring09
Lots of other important actions here:
http://prosecutebushcheney.org
Rethink Afghanistan
Under pressure from the Pentagon, President Obama will send 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Our troops have been there for over seven years, but we’re not beating the Taliban and the Pentagon admits it has no strategy for success. Now Afghans are negotiating with the Taliban for peace. A progressive coalition led by Brave New Films wants Congress to hold long-overdue oversight hearings. Watch the videos and sign the petition (scroll down):
http://rethinkafghanistan.com/
Kathy,
You support Obama’s position it appears. While our speaker Saturday advocates a single-payer plan, the purpose of the Convention is to have a conversation among Yes We Can! Long Island’s membership.
I look forward to you joining us. It will be lively day with a range of terrific presenters and activities.
Single Payer is the wrong way to go! I absolutely do not support this concept. As a health insurance Broker with hands-on experience with health coverage and a knowledge of the Canadian system and the one in England, I must disagree. There are many ways to offer coverage to all for less cost than a Single Payer system and President Obama agrees. We have trusted his brilliance with so much, why not on this issue?