Yes We Can! Long Island 2012As the public option dies in the Senate Finance Committee, 17 brave activists entered the lobby of insurance giant Aetna’s offices in New York City and sat down.
Their demand? The immediate approval of doctor-requested treatment for life threatening cases. What did they want? Medicare for all: the real public option that was taken out of the Congressional debate long before this legislative process started.
We know that the public is with us. We know doctors and nurses are with us. Now we need to mobilize. Join the campaign at www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org.
The New York City action was organized by the Private Health Insurance Must Go! Coalition, a citywide group of health and human rights activists.
Healthcare-NOW! is proud to support yesterday’s action and the national campaign that it initiated.
As the public option dies in the Senate Finance Committee, 17 brave activists entered the lobby of insurance giant Aetna’s offices in New York City and sat down.
Their demand? The immediate approval of doctor-requested treatment for life threatening cases. What did they want? Medicare for all: the real public option that was taken out of the Congressional debate long before this legislative process started.
We know that the public is with us. We know doctors and nurses are with us. Now we need to mobilize. Join the campaign at www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org.
The New York City action was organized by the Private Health Insurance Must Go! Coalition, a citywide group of health and human rights activists.
Healthcare-NOW! is proud to support yesterday’s action and the national campaign that it initiated.
We thank them all for the real sacrifice they made in exposing the horrors of the private health insurance company: Laurie Wen, Constancia Dinky Romilly, Ken Bing, Nate Franco, Yonathan Dessalegn, Mary Ellen Marino, Kate Barnhart, Laura “JD” Melendez, Theresa Lee, Frank Naso, Donald Grove, Jean Fox, Veda Myers, Joan Pleune, Julia Willis, Kai Newkirk, and Ellen Bay.
The brave people arrested spent the night in jail, and are still awaiting release at the time of this email. We respect and applaud their bravery and their commitment to meaningful reform – single-payer national healthcare.
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