Dear MoveOn member,
There's a big vote on the public health insurance option tomorrow--can you
call Senator Jay Rockefeller's office right away?
Here's what's happening:
The Senate Finance Committee, of which Sen. Rockefeller is a member, is debating an
awful health care bill that doesn't include the public option--the key to
expanding coverage and bringing down costs.
Sen. Rockefeller and other progressives are proposing amendments that would add the
public option to the bill, and the committee will begin voting on them
tomorrow. But conservatives are countering with a bogus "trigger"
amendment that would kill the public option through indefinite delay.
Can you call Sen. Rockefeller to thank him for fighting for a strong public
health insurance option that's available immediately--and urge him to
stand strong against the trigger?
Here's where to call:
Senator Jay Rockefeller
Phone: 202-224-6472
District Offices:
Beckley: 304-253-9704
Charleston: 304-347-5372
Fairmont: 304-367-0122
Martinsburg: 304-262-9285
Then, please report your call by clicking here:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=...
Four other congressional committees have already passed good bills that
include the public option, but the Finance Committee has been dragging its
feet and considering half-measures--like the trigger--that won't fix our
nation's broken health care system.
Make no mistake: the trigger is a Trojan horse designed to kill the public
option by delaying its availability and then offering it only in a limited
number of states after certain conditions are met.
So we need to send a strong message to the Senate Finance Committee that
health care reform must include a strong public health insurance option
that's available immediately--not a trigger.
