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I Can Has Health Care?

Are you paying too much for health care? Sick and tired of some insurance company telling you what doctor you can visit? Fed up with hearing the words "pre-existing condition"? Do you even have health care? Tell your senators and representative in Washington that you want them to vote for health care reform that will help working people like you. That means:

Talking Points

A strong public health insurance plan must be available to lower costs and make sure everybody has a health care option.
All employers should be required either to provide health care to their employees or pay into a system to make sure everyone is covered.
Workers' health care benefits must not be taxed—we're already paying too much.

Subject:

Dear [ Decision Maker ],

Our health care system is failing us, and we need relief from health care costs that are bankrupting families, endangering our health and hobbling businesses.

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As you work to fulfill our demand for health care reform, here are the three key principles of real health care reform that I'd like you to keep in mind.

1) A public health insurance plan makes reform work. It will bring down costs and guarantee quality, affordable health care for all. Giving everyone the choice of a strong public health insurance plan will inject needed competition into the market and drive lower costs and improved quality across all plans. It also will mean health care will be there for all of us, no matter what.

2) Employers must pay their fair share. They must be required either to offer coverage to their workers or pay into a fund to finance coverage for uninsured workers. "Play or pay" at fair and reasonable levels will level the playing field so free-rider firms cannot continue to shift costs to the employers that offer good benefits.

3) Workers' health care benefits must not be taxed. Taxing health benefits will raise costs for workers when they need relief. Putting a new tax on job-based benefits will raise costs for workers in plans that cost the most because they cover people with more medical problems and older people-and that's wrong.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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