The poorer states lose though - mine included. :-( At least my county, or I should say the district. We are the poorest county in all of Oregon and much of the US. So.. I think it would have been infinitely better to have it at the federal level. Not sure how much of an improvement this is going to be for everyone.
Elizabeth Allen wrote: > > > > THANK YOU DENNIS! You have given the States the opportunity to forward > their own single payer health care plans. We in Delaware have our Bill > SB 120 ready to go. So does California, Maine, and many other states. > The action is in the States as our national leadership in both parties > have been corrupted and bought off by the K Street lobbyists to the > tune of millions of dollars. There is no Plan that will serve everyone > cradle to grave for not just medical, but MENTAL, DENTAL, VISION, LONG > TERM, NURSINGHOME CARE, AIDS, PRISONERS ETC, ETC, ETC. The plan being > proposed now will never cover any of those health care issues. The > administrative savings costs alone would more than cover all these > condition. There is tons of money in the system already, there is no > need to tax more....the corporates are lying and deceiving the > american public. As Howard Dean said, "if there is no public option, > WE should not support the plan delivered to us by Congress and the > Senate whose campaign coffers have been filled with corporate > money....let the States do it! > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:24:58 AM > *Subject:* Fwd: Exciting Healthcare Update > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "Dennis Kucinich" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 9:10:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Exciting Healthcare Update > > Dennis Kucinich - www.Kucinich.us > > Exciting Healthcare Update > > Dear Friends, > > With your support, your phone calls, your emails, we won a major > legislative victory today for a state single payer health care option > in the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. The House Education > and Labor Committee approved the Kucinich Amendment by a vote of > 27-19, with 14 Democrats and 13 Republicans voting yes. > > The amendment propels the growing single payer health care movement at > the state level. There are at least ten states which have active > single payer efforts in their legislatures. They are California, > Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, > Pennsylvania and Washington. The amendment mandates a single payer > state will receive the right to waive the application of the Employee > Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which has in the past been > used to nullify efforts to expand state or local government health care. > > Under the Kucinich Amendment a state's application for a waiver from > ERISA is granted automatically if the state has signed into law a > single payer plan. With the amendment, for the first time, the state > single payer health care option is shielded from an ERISA-based legal > attack. Now that the underlying bill has been passed, as amended, by > the full committee, we must make sure that Congress knows that we want > the provision kept in the bill at final passage! > > The state single payer option was one of five major amendments which I > obtained support to get included in HR3200. One amendment brings into > standard coverage for the first time complementary and alternative > medicine, (integrative medicine). Another amendment drives down the > cost of prescription drugs by ending pharmaceutical industry's sharp > practices manipulating physician prescribing habits. An amendment > stops the insurance industry from increasing premiums at the time when > people are not permitted to change health plans; and finally an > amendment imposing a requirement on insurance companies that they > disclose the cost of advertising, marketing and executive compensation > expenses (which generally divert money from patient care). > > Please make sure you post this message on your social networking site, > ask all your friends to get involved and encourage everyone you know > to sign up at www.Kucinich.us <http://kucinich.us/myinfo> so we can > build full momentum behind this movement for real health care. > > Let's do this! > Dennis > > > > Paid for by the Re-Elect Congressman Kucinich Committee > > PO Box 110475 | Cleveland | OH | 44111 | 216-252-9000 > > > *Forward email > <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1102055395994&ea=flydmcdwll%40comcast.net&a=1102643796903>* > > Safe Unsubscribe > <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=un&v=001Cz2gV83Vs3rDbw9NCfnB7ewJcCE1eWHcVp4YwEfN7TpzPnxotIvtsklEl7VkIk33jM-40_NzydqiyaYj7Y1yAw%3D%3D> > > > This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Update Profile/Email Address > <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=oo&v=001Cz2gV83Vs3rDbw9NCfnB7ewJcCE1eWHcVp4YwEfN7TpzPnxotIvtsklEl7VkIk33jM-40_NzydqiyaYj7Y1yAw%3D%3D> > > | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe > <http://visitor.constantcontact..com/d.jsp?p=un&v=001Cz2gV83Vs3rDbw9NCfnB7ewJcCE1eWHcVp4YwEfN7TpzPnxotIvtsklEl7VkIk33jM-40_NzydqiyaYj7Y1yAw%3D%3D>^(TM) > > | Privacy Policy > <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp>. > > > Re-Elect Congressman Kucinich Committee | PO Box 110475 | Cleveland | > OH | 44111 > > > > > > -- Linda *http://freedetainees.org <http://freedetainees.org/> "If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear..." - William Shakespeare * --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bangla-vision" group. 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