Dear Working Families e-Activist Network,

We knew that achieving meaningful health care reform wasn’t going to be easy, but today we have some exciting news to share. Three committees in the House of Representatives just released a draft proposal that provides a quality public health insurance option, calls on employers to pay their fair share and doesn’t ask workers to pay more for what they already have.

This is a strong reform proposal that meets the goals of President Obama, and ours, to control runaway health care costs, offer the American people real choices and expand access to quality health care.

Speak out today: Send a message to your representative in support of real health care reform.

This proposal is just a small step in the long road to real health care reform, but as part of the reform process, it’s critical that your representatives in Washington hear from you now in support of this proposal.

Opponents of reform are making their views known at every moment, and we need your help to counter their lobbying efforts. Sadly, we cannot count on our representatives to vote for reform because it’s the right thing to do, so we need to regularly remind them how important this issue is to us and why we need real health care reform now.

Make your voice heard: Send a message to your representative today.

Insurance companies, drug makers and other private health industries have spent $126 million on lobbyists this year alone, and we can’t let them kill real reform. The American people want real health care reform, and it’s up to you to keep the pressure on your representatives in Washington to do the right thing.

Together, we can ensure that everyone in America has access to quality, affordable health care. 

In solidarity,

Marc Laitin
AFL-CIO Online Mobilization Coordinator

P.S. Congress just came back into session, and health care really is at the top of the agenda. We need you to make your voice heard right now. Contact your representative today.