Let's Tell Speaker Pelosi:

New York Wants a Strong Public Option and Affordability in H.R. 3200

Join fellow New Yorkers in signing this letter to Speaker Pelosi

As Congress moves closer toward passing health care reform legislation, we must make sure that House leadership is going to firmly fight for a public option and strong affordability provisions in the final reform package.

According to this article from the Daily News, Speaker Pelosi is signalling a willingness to compromise, putting the public option in jeopardy. We must make our postion very clear to Speaker Pelosi: New York needs a public option and subsidies for families up to at least 400% of the federal poverty level so health care is accessibly to New York's working families.

Let's spread the word and get 3,200 signatures on the letter to help pass H.R. 3200!

Use the form below to sign this letter to Speaker Pelosi, and please add your personal comment too!

Once you're done, be sure to spread the word. That's the only way we'll reach our goal of 3,200 signatures!

September, 2009 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Speaker Pelosi: As New Yorkers, we jointly urge you to stay firmly committed to the strong health care reforms contained in H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. In a state with extremely high costs for health insurance and other necessities, it is vital for New York's working families for the final bill passed by Congress to provide progressive subsidies for purchasing health insurance up to 400% of poverty, which cap out of pocket spending at no more than 10% of a working family’s income. Americans should not have to make a choice between paying for food or paying for health care. Also, we must have a public health insurance option as an alternative to private health insurance to ensure accountability, affordability and choice. We therefore urge you to fight to make sure that a public health insurance option is included in the final legislation passed by Congress. Together we can achieve quality, affordable health care that everyone in New York and the nation can count on. Sincerely yours, The People of New York

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Number	Date	Name	Location	Add your personal message:
1648	December 14, 2009	Hugh Bascom	Bronx, NY
1647	December 12, 2009	Ed Kinane	Syracuse, NY	adequate health care is a human right.
1646	November 02, 2009	Larry Long-Gray	Dobbs Ferry, NY
1645	October 29, 2009	Munir Ghiasuddin	New Windsor, NY	When a certain exit on a highway keeps having accidents and a lot of cars get smashed and even a certain number of people die, the road and highway departement take a survey and do some thing to fix that spot. Is Congress waiting for some thing like that to happen? I wrote a book to wake up people in the government. The fictional town adopts a weird and creepy policy to open up the eyes of people in health care business. I am afraid that what happens in my book might really take place in America. I am sending a copy of it right now to you.
1644	October 27, 2009	Barbara Ehrentreu	North White Plains, NY	The majority of this country wants a strong public option. The best would be single payer or a system such as we have for Medicare. But please do not give up on this. The House must pass a strong bill that gives the public option to all states without an opt out clause. That way if we do need to have a compromise there will be a strong alternative.
1643	October 27, 2009	Barbara Ehrentreu	North White Plains, NY	The majority of this country wants a strong public option. The best would be single payer or a system such as we have for Medicare. But please do not give up on this. The House must pass a strong bill that gives the public option to all states without an opt out clause. That way if we do need to have a compromise there will be a strong alternative.
1642	October 26, 2009	Joan Vrooman	Liverpool, NY
1641	October 23, 2009	Kathy McKenzie	Binghamton, NC
1640	October 21, 2009	Shawna Kaylor	Pomona, NY	Medical costs are keeping me in my dead-end job just for the insurance when I could be going back to school to become an educator and make a contribution to society. Instead, I am a cashier for a company that rips people off.
1639	October 21, 2009	Noemi Smith	Bronx, NY
1638	October 20, 2009	Jeanne Breu	Binghamton, NY
1637	October 20, 2009	Melissa Frakes	Syracuse, NY
1636	October 20, 2009	Judith Holley	Ithaca, NY	I, too, have been a victim of CIGNA denying a debilitating illness. Someone, somewhere, has to Help us.
1635	October 20, 2009	Marie Schreffler	Staten island , NY
1634	October 20, 2009	Judy Peer	Rochester, NY
1633	October 18, 2009	madeline padua	Rochester, NY
1632	October 16, 2009	harold osborn	New Rochelle, NY	We need affordable and comprehensive health care now. We need a strong public option. Harold H. Osborn M.D.
1631	October 16, 2009	Rhea Geberer	New York, NY
1630	October 15, 2009	Sharon Phillips	New York, NY	As a physician, I know how important it is to offer health care to everyone, not just those people who have jobs or have no pre-existing conditions. Please continue to fight for this important reform.
1629	October 14, 2009	Laura Bolotsky	Scarsdale, NY	I am thrilled that there is a real move on by the citizens of the USA to be heard as to their desire to have a public option as part of health care reform and affordability as part of the platform. Thank you for helping to make our wishes come true.
1628	October 13, 2009	ann salmirs	New York, NM	so close and yet so far. please don't give up.
1627	October 13, 2009	Richard Russo	Brooklyn, NY
1626	October 13, 2009	Gayle Syposs	Tonawanda, NY	We elected Obama to get this done. We must have a public option and one that allows business of all sizes to buy in.
1625	October 12, 2009	Emily Russell	Cortland, NY
1624	October 12, 2009	Murray Schechter	New York, NY

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