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If you want to show your support of single payer healthcare legislation, you’re encouraged to join a noon rally June 19 at Moscone Center West in San Francisco. The rally will occur at the site of the convention of America’s Health Insurance Plans.
Guest speakers at the convention include former U.S. senators John Breaux and Bill Frist, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, and other political leaders who all oppose single payer health care legislation, SB 840 and HR 676.
State Sen. Sheila Kuehl, author of SB 840, will emcee the rally, which will include speakers from state and national organizations working for single payer, such as the California Nurses Association, San Francisco Labor Council, California Alliance of Retired Americans, and Physicians for a National Health Program.
The rally will end with a funeral procession to remind people of how insurance companies are killing patients with their practices and policies. Extensive media coverage is expected, and spot texting and phoning messages and photos about the rally will be made immediately available to news organizations, whose phone numbers and on-line contact information will be available at the event.
Most important for media coverage will be the turnout. WE NEED YOU THERE! Buses are coming to the Moscone Center from cities throughout the state. The rally is sponsored by a grassroots group of volunteers support Universal Single Payer Healthcare, including SB 840 (Kuehl) and HR 676 (Conyers). For information, visit Single Payer Now.
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