Senators

Jon Kyl 730 Hart Senate Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-4521	John McCain 241 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-2235
House of Representatives
District 1 Ann Kirpatrick 1123 Longworth House Office Building  Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2315	District 2 Trent Franks 2435 Rayburn House Office Building  Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-4576
District 3 John Shadegg 436 Cannon House Office Building U.S. House, Washington D.C. 20515 Phone: 202-225-3361	District 4 Ed Pastor 2465 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4065
District 5 Harry Mitchell 1410 Longworth House Office Building  Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2190	District 6 Jeff Flake 240 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2635
District 7 Raul Grijalva 1440 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2435	District 8 Gabrielle Giffords 1728 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2542

]]> http://dfamc.com/2009/06/30/restore-care-to-healthcare-no-public-option-no-deal/feed/ 0 http://dfamc.com/2009/06/08/weisbuch-receives-katy-award/ http://dfamc.com/2009/06/08/weisbuch-receives-katy-award/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:45:36 +0000 Webstaff http://dfamc.com/?p=265 The Katy Award was created by the Executive Committee of DFA-MC to honor  Katherine Ingram, a past Chair and a dedicated volunteer and powerful voice for Liberal causes in our community.  The first Katy Award was presented to Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch at the June 7th dinner honoring this exceptional individual who is relentless in promoting Liberal ideals and encouraging others to exercise their political voice.  Dr. Weisbuch has been relentless  in promoting single-payer healthcare.

The Award presentation was preceded by a discussion of education in Arizona and the budget passed by the Arizona legislature.  Speakers were from the Arizona House,  minority leader David Lujan and  Dr. Eric Meyer and candidate for the House from LD 15, Katie Hobbs.

If you want a choice of healthcare as usual or with a public option such as medicare for all then you must fight for it.  Dr. Howard Dean says,  “If Barack Obama’s healthcare plan gets changed to exclude a public option like Medicare, then it is not healthcare reform. Legislation rises and falls on whether the American public is allowed to choose a universally available public option or not.”

Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee recently told the Helena Independent Record newspaper that a single payer health care system is “off the table.”  At hearings this week, Baucus had single-payer advocates arrested rather than allowing them to testify .  We need to let Senator Baucus know what we want – a public option such as Medicare.  Let’s inundate Baucus, the Senate Finance Committee and the President with postcards.  The insurance companies are!

Our actions over the next few days and weeks will be critical in building the support we need to win.

Meanwhile, conservative groups have launched a new assault on inclusion of a public healthcare option like Medicare. Their million-dollar ad campaign claims that healthcare will be rationed and “bureaucrats” will “decide the treatments you receive.” It’s an old message that you and I know isn’t true, but it will stick if we don’t fight back with our message of Choice, Competition, and Comfort.*

So we’re holding an emergency online briefing on Monday night with Governor Howard Dean, M.D. at 9pm Eastern to make sure we’re all ready for the fight ahead. This is a joint Stand with Dr. Dean event hosted by MoveOn, one of our biggest campaign partners.

All you need to join in is a computer with speakers and an internet connection. Please join us.

Emergency Online Briefing with Dr. Dean
Monday, May 4, 9pm Eastern / 6PM Arizona[Mountain]

Hosted on MoveOn.org’s web site at:
http://www.moveon.org/drdean/?id=16038-3139585-xg0J2sx&t=7

Last time Democrats tried to pass comprehensive healthcare reform, it failed. And it failed in part because the opposition was better organized and spread a bunch of lies that progressives weren’t prepared to rebut.

It’s up to us to make sure that doesn’t happen again. We need all hands on deck, well-armed with the critical information, and motivated to keep the right from blocking real change. Dr. Dean will give us an update and inside look at the battle for real healthcare reform — and the key actions we’ll take to achieve a historic victory.

With an important Senate committee meeting on Tuesday to start shaping legislation, plus the right wing’s escalating attacks, this couldn’t be more urgent.

I’ll be part of the emergency briefing, and I really hope you can join me at this crucial moment. Join us online Monday night at 9pm Eastern — that’s 8pm Central, 7pm Mountain, and 6pm Pacific — this way everyone in the country can join us at the same time.

CLICK HERE ON MONDAY AT 9PM EASTERN TO JOIN US ONLINE

I look forward to ’seeing’ you on the call.

- Arshad Hasan, Executive Director, Democracy for America

P.S. If you would like to share a personal healthcare horror story or submit a specific question for Dr. Dean before the event, you can do that by clicking here.

* Check out www.StandwithDrDean.com/FAQ for talking points on how an open-access public healthcare option offers Choice, Competition, and Comfort.

But our work isn’t over yet. Go to StandWithDrDean.com right now and sign Gov. Howard Dean’s healthcare petition. But don’t stop there. Ask your family, friends and neighbors, and get them to sign it, too.

SIGN GOV. HOWARD DEAN’S HEALTHCARE PETITION

We need you to take action now in order to reach our goal of 250,000 on time, and that’s why we need your help today is getting the word out.

Recruiting your Group Members and friends to sign this petition is just as important as signing it yourself. It’s like Gov. Dean said on Wednesday night’s conference call: to win this fight, we need to know who our allies are, and where they are.

TAKE THE PLEDGE AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO STAND WITH DR. DEAN

“If Barack Obama’s healthcare plan gets changed to exclude a public option like Medicare, then it is not healthcare reform. Legislation rises and falls on whether the American public is allowed to choose a universally available public option or not. If they are allowed to choose Medicare as an option, this bill will be real healthcare reform. If they’re not, we could be back fighting about it for another 20 years before anybody tries again.”

http://standwithdrdean.com

Come to the DFA-MC meeting Wednesday, March 4 and learn about single-payer health care from Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch.  This is the health care system that the AZ legislature is trying to prevent but Jon Conyers, Raul Grijalva and others have proposed in HR 676 in the U.S. House of Representatives.

El Penasco Restaurant, 19 Broadway, Tempe, 85082; 6:30 pm.

Go to the March4Schools and then come to the meeting.