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Items tagged: health care reform

Obama losing supporters and volunteers?

Here's an interesting piece that just appeared in Politico entitled, "President Obama's troops break ranks on health care." It begins with a report on how Organizing for America got a lukewarm response to a recent appeal for its supporters to call their Senators and ask them to support the health care and then goes on to include quotes from several of the disaffected members on the list: 


White House Web Chat with Valerie Jarrett on Health Care Reform


John Cho to Judge OFA Health Reform Video Challenge

Last month, Organizing for America launched the Health Reform Video Challenge - a contest to make the best thirty second ad for heatlh care reform.  The deadline for submission is October 18, less than two weeks away, and the winning ad will be aired nationally.  Anyone can participate - just go to http://my.barackobama.com/VideoChallenge for details and how to enter.


Dr. Alice Chen's Note to OFA


Congressman Mike Honda Delivers Garlic (and a Limerick) to John Boehner

How awesome is Rep. Mike Honda?


Charlyne Yi (Star of "Paper Heart") Makes a 30 Second Video About Health Care Reform

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I spotted this on Facebook and wanted to help spread the word. Charlyne Yi, the star of this summer's "Paper Heart," a documentary about the meaning of love, talks about why health care reform is important to her. As she says,


The Real Lie About Immigrants in Health Care Reform

Opponents of health care reform continue to use any desperate measure to derail reform efforts including making false claims about immigrants as well as acting like ill behaved children in a classroom.  The real lie about immigrants in health care reform is that the current health reform proposals still do not ensure legal immigrants will have equal access to Medicaid and other affordable health care options, and Congress has yet to do anything to fix this. &


Support Rob Miller; Defeat Joe Wilson!

Support Rob Miller for Congress!

By now, we all probably know that some a-hole shouted out "You lie" during President Obama's speech when the President was disputing the charge that health care reform will cover illegal aliens. Far from being a random heckler, it was a sitting member of Congress, U.S. Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02). (What's in the water in SC these days, anyway?)


Reclaiming Our Hope & A Future Shaped Without Fear

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I went to the doctor yesterday (I'm lucky my health insurance is fully covered by the small nonprofit I lead, where we see the health of our employees as critical to organizational success). As I was leaving the doctor's office, an elderly woman frantically rushed up the stairs of the building, asking me if I could help her husband. When I ran out with her, I saw that he'd tripped and fallen getting out of the car outside, lying down with blood oozing out of his head on the pavement.


Health Reform Myth: Public Option Will Bankrupt Private Insurers

Will a public option destroy private insurance companies?  The answer is an unequivocal NO.  Although many in Congress (advocating for insurance companies rather than their constituents) have made this claim, its abundantly clear that not only can the government effectively administer to this sort of program, but several "public options" already exist.