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Monkeypro	Act Blue for health insurance and medical care reform	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1679 (09/29/2009 08:24) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None If you are interested in helping work with or fund campaigns for health care reform, this is the place to do it: Link: http://www.actblue.com/ This is how to prove that conservatives who claim there's no public support for medical care and health insurance reforms are wrong. Funding and info page for commercial against the Max Baucus senate plan (lacks a public option) Link: http://www.actblue.com/page/baucuspublicoption :-) :-) :-) ~We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi Last Edited By: Monkeypro 09/29/2009 08:27. Edited 1 time.
Padre Mellyrn		#1	[-]
Posts: 18536 (09/29/2009 10:01) Current Owner and Number one Bottle Washer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well any one who listens to something other than Roger Ailes networks knows there is plenty of support from the people. As usual the Large Pharms are against anything that doesn't allow them to rape the public for money.
Monkeypro	Petition Obama for REAL health care & insurance reform with a ROBUST public option	#2	[-]
Posts: 1721 (10/24/2009 16:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Urgent news: Multiple media reports say that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is very close to rounding up the votes needed for a public health insurance option, but "the White House is pushing back against the idea" in order to get the support of Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME). Tell the White House that the support of one Republican isn't worth a bad bill. PLEASE SIGN OUR EMERGENCY PETITION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY: "Every day, insurance companies deny care and let people die. Getting one Republican senator's vote is not worth delaying reform -- too many real lives are at stake. We need you to fight and state clearly that anything less than a strong public option is not change we can believe in." Click here to sign the emergency petition. Then, please send this to others. Link: http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BLqrNz%2FZYLim4Uxk%2F6T%2FAo3wwg8VwjE0 Act Blue home page: https://secure.actblue.com/ :-) :-) :-) ~We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi Last Edited By: Monkeypro 10/24/2009 16:30. Edited 2 times.
Padre Mellyrn		#3	[-]
Posts: 18679 (10/24/2009 17:22) Current Owner and Number one Bottle Washer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I haven't gone to the page yet, hopefully they will also have an address to send a letter to. That is actually still the most effective method, because it takes time, and that translates into "really serious about this matter". I will see about heading over in a bit.
Monkeypro	Take the poll on possible versions of the public option	#4	[-]
Posts: 1725 (10/28/2009 16:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Public poll on the public option Virtually every poll now shows most people support a robust public option to expand health insurance choice and offer coverage to more Americans. But there are several interpretations of what a public option should look like, and the American people should not settle for a "public option" in name only. Please rank your preferences for each form of the public option currently under consideration. Link: http://ga3.org/dickdurbin/po_poll.html?member_key=esi7kn7ryj3e56wk A preview of the questions on this page: ~~~~~ Rank each version of the public option 0 = No Support, & 10 = Greatest Support Please rate your support for each version as: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 50-State Public Option A fully-funded public health insurance option to extend coverage to uninsured Americans and introduce competition to keep private insurance companies honest. Opt-Out Public Option A fully-funded public health insurance option, which would allow individual states to "opt out" of participation, much like the popular Medicare and Medicaid federal health coverage programs, which are currently available in all 50 states. Opt-In Public Option Legislation that would require each state to "opt in" to a fully-funded public health insurance option, likely resulting in lower participation rates than an "opt-out" public option. Trigger Legislation that would only allow for the creation of a public health insurance option several years from now, if and only if private insurance companies continue unreasonable premium increases and demonstrate an unwillingness to compete in the marketplace. No Public Option Offer no public health insurance plan to compete with the private plans. ~~~~~ Web site home page: http://www.citizensforapublicoption.com/ :-) :-) :-) ~We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi
Padre Mellyrn		#5	[-]
Posts: 18706 (10/28/2009 18:12) Current Owner and Number one Bottle Washer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	50-State Public Option A fully-funded public health insurance option to extend coverage to uninsured Americans and introduce competition to keep private insurance companies honest. Not a 10 for sure but at least a 5 for now. Better than nothing. Opt-Out Public Option A fully-funded public health insurance option, which would allow individual states to "opt out" of participation, much like the popular Medicare and Medicaid federal health coverage programs, which are currently available in all 50 states. Best in my mind, and to opt out, you have to have a good reason. Put this about an eight or nine. Opt-In Public Option Legislation that would require each state to "opt in" to a fully-funded public health insurance option, likely resulting in lower participation rates than an "opt-out" public option. About a 4; Better than a total mandate, but not as good as the opt-out, because this is too easy to aviod. And we end up with big holes again. Trigger Legislation that would only allow for the creation of a public health insurance option several years from now, if and only if private insurance companies continue unreasonable premium increases and demonstrate an unwillingness to compete in the marketplace. Not trigger, Hammer, if you don't do something we are going to smash your pee pees. This is 2 on the support list. No Public Option Offer no public health insurance plan to compete with the private plans. This is a zero for obvious reasons, we are doing it now and look where it is getting us.
Monkeypro		#6	[-]
Posts: 1726 (10/28/2009 19:21) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	You do understand that the "opt-in" or "opt-out" thing is for states to choose, and not an individual citizen's choice, right? :-) :-) :-) ~We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi
Padre Mellyrn		#7	[-]
Posts: 18707 (10/28/2009 21:01) Current Owner and Number one Bottle Washer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yes, and I am basing my reply on whether I would support that in my state or not. I would like to see an Opt-out option for the states, because if the state can show that is has control over the uninsured, keeping it at around say 5% or less, they can 'opt-out', if they show they have to money to keep going, they don't a dime in federal money, if there is any in the program, and they are not a 'center for diseases' because people don't have basic health. But right now I feel that far too many state government have far too many corporations running the show, and if you don't make a couple of hurdles they will just ignore you and do what they want. At least with an Opt-Out, must prove good showing, we could slow the bastards up from them dropping people after 20 years or more of paying for coverage "Because they were statistically due for an illness."

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