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Health Insurance reform
We Want Real Health Insurance Reform Now!
Take action for real health Insurance reform. The real-world toll of soaring health care costs, lack of insurance and systemic flaws in our health care system must come to an end.
The insurance companies and their corporate front groups are fighting desperately to stop reform, but we're not going to let them. We need health insurance reform so that no one is ever denied coverage because of a "pre-existing condition." We need health insurance reform so that no one is dropped by their insurance company simply because they are too expensive.
Tell Congress that now is the time for health Insurance reform and remind them that health Insurance reform must include:
- A strong public health insurance option must be available to lower costs and make sure everybody has a health care option.
- All employers should be required to either provide health care for 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.
| Sample Letter for Campaign |
Subject: We need real Health Insurance Reform NOW
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
The time to act is now. We need real health insurance reform now more than ever. 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.
We need you to get health care reform done right this year.
As you work to fulfill our demand for health care reform, here is what real health care reform must include:
1) A public health insurance plan. 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 down costs and improve quality across all plans. It also will mean that health care will be there for all of us, no matter what.
2) Employers must pay their fair share. They must be required to either offer coverage for 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,
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