WE HAVE GOT TO WIN THIS BATTLE OVER UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE and it will all go down in the next couple of weeks. As frustrated and cynical as I get that Congress isn’t talking about single payer, I nevertheless feel strongly that we can’t let the Republicans, insurance and drug companies, ‘birthers”, Limbaugh, and other crazies and fanatics dismantle this issue as they have been doing. This might be our only chance to get to affordable and universal health care for Americans.

Please come tonight to the

We Can’t Afford to Wait Vigil

Monument Square in Downtown Portland
Portland, ME 04101
Wednesday, September 2nd, 7:00 PM

Let’s keep the momentum going!

Message from your host, Bill D.: This event is part of a nationwide day of action we are holding just days before our members of Congress return to Washington. The purpose of our vigil is to make sure they go back to DC knowing that an overwhelming majority of their constituents are in support of a strong and viable public option to health care reform.

Call and write Snowe/Collins/Michaud and Pingree as well as those damn 13 Blue Dog Senators who have forgotten what calling yourself a Democrat means. (I e-mailed all 13 urging them to support Public Option. Here is their contact info: http://tinyurl.com/pzqz93)

Ultimately, we need single payer, but supporting the Public Option right now is the way to eventually get there. For all of us self-employed/insured Mainers who don’t have the benefit of a large group rate, Anthem is our only choice and it is not affordable. I pay one fourth of my annual income for a $10,000 ‘catastrophic’ plan and cannot even deduct the premioums from our taxes. A national public option has to be more affordable than this and would force insurance companies to lower their rates for those of you who do have health plans.

Please come to the rally, write, call, visit all the relevant members of congress and stay involved for the next month or two.

Thanks for listening, peace,

Kris Clark