Greetings,

The House is scheduled to vote on health care reform this Saturday, November 7, 2009. Please call 1-877-235-2465 and tell your congressional representative to support H.R. 3962 the Affordable Health Care for America Act. We must remain committed to the goal of quality affordable care which does not place added financial burden on the middle class. The House health care bill accomplishes this goal and we must remind our representatives of this fact.

The Affordable Health Care for America Act will:

• Generate funds through a 5.4 percent tax surcharge on wealthy individuals with annual incomes of more than $500,000 or on families earning more than $1 million, rather than taxing employer provided health benefits.
• Extend insurance coverage to 36 million uncovered Americans, guaranteeing that 96 percent of Americans have coverage.
• Include a public option designed to lower costs and foster competition.
• Create a health insurance exchange making it easier for small groups and individuals to purchase coverage.
• Will cap annual out-of-pocket expenses and prevent insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.
• Reduce the federal deficit by roughly $30 billion over the next decade.

Organizations that endorsed the House bill include the national AFL-CIO, the AARP, which represents over 35 million people ages 50 and older, as well as the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest association of physicians and medical students.

Sincerely,

Charles Wowkanech, President
Laurel Brennan, Secretary-Treasurer