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Valli6
08-17-2009, 11:01 AM
Here is some info on HCAN (Healthcare for America Now) including:
1). Names of it's 199 congressional supporters
2). Names of the (over 1000) organizations and unions comprising it's astroturf
3). The intent of "reform" HCAN members and supporters are planning (Maybe this is why congress people feel they don't need to read bills. They can just read the intentions of their lobbyists and know this is the bill's aim!)
First, to help you understand who HCAN really is, here are the organizations that run it (the steering committee):
ACORN
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
AFT
Americans United for Change
Campaign for Americas Future
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Campaign for Community Change
Childrens Defense Fund Action Council
Communications Workers of America
International Union
United Automobile
Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
MoveOn.org
NAACP
National Council of La Raza
National Education Association
National Womens Law Center
SEIU
UFCW
USAction
Women's Voices
Women's Vote and Working America
Last week an email of HCAN's ant-liberty tactics was posted on a number of websites.
(To download the PDF: http://hcfan.3cdn.net/763d952c7bee4c4abe_12m6bxper.pdf )
Does your congress member agree with and support HCAN and these tactics?
He/She does if he's on this list:
Total number of Congressional Supporters: 199 (sic)
21 Senators, 179 Representatives (sic)
President Barack Obama
Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis
Arizona
Representative* Raul Grijalva
Representative Ed Pastor
Arkansas
Representative Marion Berry
Representative Mike Ross
California
Representative Joe Baca
Representative Howard L. Berman
Representative Lois Capps
Representative Susan Davis
Representative Anna Eshoo
Representative Bob Filner
Representative Jane Harman
Representative Michael M. Honda
Representative Barbara Lee
Representative Doris Matsui
Representative Laura Richardson
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard
Representative Linda Sanchez
Representative Loretta Sanchez
Representative Adam Schiff
Representative Brad Sherman
Representative Jackie Speier
Representative Pete Stark
Representative Mike Thompson
Representative Diane E. Watson
Representative Henry Waxman
Representative Lynn Woolsey
Colorado
Representative Diana DeGette
Representative Betsy Markey
Representative Jared Polis
Connecticut
Representative Joe Courtney
Representative Rosa DeLauro
Representative Jim Himes
Representative John B. Larson
Representative Christopher Murphy
District of Columbia
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
Florida
Representative Corrine Brown
Representative Kathy Castor
Representative Alan Grayson
Representative Kendrick B. Meek
Representative Wasserman Schultz
Representative Robert Wexler
Georgia
Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Representative Hank Johnson
Representative John Lewis
Hawaii
Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Representative Neil Abercrombie
Representative Mazie K. Hirono
Illinois
Senator Roland Burris
Senator Richard Durbin
Representative Danny K. Davis
Representative Luis V. Gutierrez
Representative Debbie Halvorson
Representative Phil Hare
Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Representative Daniel Lipinsky
Representative Bobby Rush
Representative Janice Schakowsky
Indiana
Representative Andre Carson
Iowa
Senator Tom Harkin
Representative Leonard L. Boswell
Representative Bruce Braley
Representative Dave Loebsack
Kansas
Representative Dennis Moore
Kentucky
Representative Ben Chandler
Representative John Yarmuth
Louisiana
Senator Mary Landrieu
Maine
Representative Michael Michaud
Representative Chellie Pingree
Maryland
Senator Benjamin Cardin
Senator Barbara Mikulski
Representative Elijah Cummings
Representative Donna F. Edwards
Representative Frank Kratovil
Representative Steny Hoyer
Representative C.A. (Dutch) Ruppersberger
Representative John Sarbanes
Representative Chris Van Hollen
Massachusetts
Senator John Kerry
Representative William Delahunt
Representative Jim McGovern
Representative John Tierney
Michigan
Senator Carl Levin
Senator Debbie Stabenow
Representative John Conyers, Jr.
Representative Dale E. Kildee
Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Representative Sander Levin
Representative Gary Peters
Representative Mark Schauer
Minnesota
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Representative Keith Ellison
Representative Betty McCollum
Representative Jim Oberstar
Representative Tim Walz
Missouri
Senator Claire McCaskill
Representative Russ Carnahan
Representative Emanuel Cleaver
Nevada
Representative Shelley Berkley
Representative Dina Titus
New Hampshire
Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Representative Paul Hodes
Representative Carol Shea-Porter
New Jersey
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
Senator Robert Menendez
Representative John Adler
Representative Rob Andrews
Representative Rush Holt
Representative Leonard Lance
Representative Frank LoBiondo
Representative Frank Pallone, Jr.
Representative Bill Pascrell
Representative Donald Payne
Representative Steven R. Rothman
Representative Albio Sires
Representative Chris Smith
New Mexico
Representative Martin Heinrich
Representative Ben Ray Lujan
Representative Harry Teague
New York
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Representative Michael A. Arcuri
Representative Timothy Bishop
Representative Yvette D. Clarke
Representative Joseph Crowley
Representative John Hall
Representative Brian Higgins
Representative Maurice Hinchey
Representative Steve Israel
Representative Nita M. Lowey
Representative Dan Maffei
Representative Carolyn Maloney
Representative Eric Massa
Representative Carolyn McCarthy
Representative Gregory W. Meeks
Representative Jerrold Nadler
Representative Charles B. Rangel
Representative Jose E. Serrano
Representative Paul Tonko
Representative Edolphus Towns
Representative Nydia Velazquez
Representative Anthony Weiner
North Carolina
Representative G.K. Butterfield
Representative Brad Miller
Representative David Price
Ohio
Representative John Boccieri
Representative Steve Driehaus
Representative Marcy Kaptur
Representative Mary Jo Kilroy
Representative Tim Ryan
Representative Zach Space
Representative Betty Sutton
Representative Charlie A. Wilson
Oregon
Senator Jeff Merkley
Representative Earl Blumenauer
Representative Peter DeFazio
Representative Kurt Schrader
Representative David Wu
Pennsylvania
Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Representative Jason Altmire
Representative Robert A. Brady
Representative Chris P. Carney
Representative Kathy Dahlkemper
Representative Mike Doyle
Representative Chaka Fattah
Representative Tim Holden
Representative Paul E. Kanjorski
Representative Patrick Murphy
Representative John Murtha
Representative Allyson Y. Schwartz
Representative Joe Sestak
Rhode Island
Representative Patrick J. Kennedy
Representative Jim Langevin
South Dakota
Senator Tim Johnson
Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Tennessee
Representative Steve Cohen
Representative Jim Cooper
Texas
Representative Lloyd Doggett
Representative Charles A. Gonzalez
Representative Al Green
Representative Gene Green
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson
Representative Silvestre Reyes
Representative Ciro D. Rodriguez
U.S. Virgin Islands
Congressman Donna M. Christensen
Vermont
Representative Peter Welch
Virginia
Senator Mark Warner
Representative Gerry Connolly
Representative James P. Moran
Representative Thomas Perriello
Washington
Representative Norman D. Dicks
Representative Jim McDermott
Representative Adam Smith
West Virginia
Representative Nick. J. Rahall
Wisconsin
Senator Herb Kohl
Representative Tammy Baldwin
Representative Steve Kagen
Representative Ron Kind
Representative Gwen Moore
source: http://blog.healthcareforamericanow.org/congressional-support-for-health-care-for-america-now/
Valli6
08-17-2009, 11:08 AM
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
9 to 5, National Association of Working Women
Abundant Children and Family Services
ACORN*
Adventists Community Services
AFL-CIO*
AFT*
AIDS in Action
Alliance for Retired Americans
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Nursing
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Family Voices
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees*
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
American Medical Student Association
American Nurses Association
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
Americans United for Change*
AskSlim.org
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Association for Better Insulation
Black Womens Health Imperative
Brave New Films
Bus Federation
Cafemom.com
Campaign for Americas Future*
Campus Progress Action
CareTALK
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
Center for American Progress Action Fund*
Campaign for Community Change*
Center for Rural Affairs
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Center for Social and Economic Justice
Child Advocate Network
Childrens Defense Fund Action Council
Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare
Commonweal Institute
Communications Workers of America (CWA)*
Community Action Partnership
Community Service Society
Clergy Strategic Alliances, LLC
CREDO Mobile
Democracia Ahora
Democracy for America
Direct Care Alliance
Eagle Medical Services
Future Majority
Gamaliel
Generational Alliance
Health Care for the 21st Century Consulting
Healthcare United
HIV Medicine Association
Holman Healthcare Consulting
Hope for Hepatitis C
Human Rights Campaign
International Federation of Black Prides, Inc.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)*
Jobs With Justice
Latinos for National Health Insurance
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
MDI Imported Car Service, Inc
Moms for Universal Health Care on cafemom.com
MoveOn.org*
Muscular Dystrophy Foundation for Independent Living
My Rural America (Action Fund)
NAACP*
National Abortion Federation
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
National Association of School-Based Health Care
National Association for State Community Services Programs
National Association of Hepatitis Task Forces
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
National Beauty Culturists League, Inc.
National Cervical Cancer Coalition
National Coalition for LGBT Health
National Community Action Foundation
National Consumers League
National Council of Urban Indian Health
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council of La Raza*
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
National Education Association*
National Foundation for Celiac Awareness
National Institute for Reproductive Health
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Minority Quality Forum
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Physicians Alliance
National Womens Health Network
National Womens Law Center*
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Out with Cancer, Inc
Paint Lick Family Clinic, Inc
PHI/Health Care for Health Care Workers
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Progressive Action Network
Progress Now
Progressive Future
Progressive States Network
Raising Womens Voices for the Health Care We Need
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Rock* the Vote
Roosevelt Institution
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Service Employees International Union*
Single Stop USA
Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
The Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust
The Healthcare Coverage Post
The League of Young Voters
OWL -The Voice of Midlife and Older Women
The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
True Majority
Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN)
Union for Reform Judaism
United Food and Commercial Workers*
United Professionals
USAction*
USPIRG
Votehealthcare.org
White Crane Billing Solutions
Women's Health Foundation
Womans National Democratic Club
Womens Universal Health Initiative
Womens Voices for the Earth
Womens Voices. Women Vote.*
Working America*
Working Families Win
Work Place Fairness
YWCA Young Womens Christian Association
* Steering Committee Members
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Valli6
08-17-2009, 11:19 AM
REGIONAL, STATE BASED, AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Alabama
Health Care for Everyone -- Alabama
Alaska
Alaska Center for Public Policy
Alaska State Employees Association, AFSCME Local 52
Arizona
Acorn Arizona
Arizona Advocacy Network
Interfaith Worker Justice of Arizona
Protecting Arizonas Family Coalition
The Sedona Observer
A Magickal Moon
American Self-Defense Academy
Arcadia Flowers
Armends
Ashley Communications
Astrea
Avon by Mariposa
AZ Autobody
AZ Carburetors
Beauty Terrace
Caribbean Fusion
Centro Comercial 2 Hermanos
Chill
Colmex Body Shop
Conspire
DAubyn Color
Decoraciones y Accs El Girasol
Deportes USA
Desert Dogs + Desserts
Discoteca Andrea
Discoteca Joyas Musicales
Discoteca Mitzys
Do 99 Cent Store Inc
Dollar Store
Elite Cleaners
Fashion Alma
Flor de Michoacan
Fotografia Archuleta
GND
Home Again Antiques
Joyeria Gutierrez
Joyeria La Prieta Linda
La Constancia
La Mejor Bakery
La Pulgita
La Taverna Mexican Grill
Lalos Appliances
Llantera ABY
Llantera Mil Amores
Los Armandos
Los Picos Restaurant
Lucero Dollar
Made Art Boutique
Marcos Printing
Melrose Pharmacy
Mireya Beauty Salon
Miriam Bridal
Muebleria San Marcos
Noris Manualidades
Ojitos
Old Town Trading Co.
Paws Salon
Pintor R.
Piston de Oro
Que Pachangas
Patricias
Porter Arts
Red Wing Shoe Store
Restaurant E. Farol LLC
Revolver Records
Rigos Barbershop
Rodriguez Insurance
Rust and Roses
Salon Cristy
Sasi Salon and Boutique
Seaford and Co.
Signature Gallery
Smoke World
Sunset Collections
Tacos Buda
Taqueria y Birrieria Jalisco
Tempe Dzign Center
Tempe Tan Bar
The Art of Framing
The Nile Cafι
Tienda Centroamericana
Tienda Dollar Mart
Urban Earth Design LLC
Websites of America
WINIS, Inc.
Yerberia El Mexicano
Zamams Collection
Rigos Locksmith
Citizen Volunteers Limited
Arkansas
A.Philip Randolph Institute
Acorn Arkansas
AEACAR Ed Association
Arkansas Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
Central Arkansas Labor & Trades Council
In the Valley Consulting
Las Delicias
Mi Burrito Mexican Restaurant
Park Hill Florist
Print4Less
SEIU Local 100
Teamsters 878
UFCW Local 2008
Young Democrats of Faulkner County
CHOICE Hot Springs- Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma
Pinal County Democrats
IUE/CWA #61113
LW Heating Air, Inc.
Social and Art Club
Arkansas Public Health Association
Saint James United Methodist Church
Unocom
Union Baptist Church
Preach the Word
Galilee Missionary Baptist Church
California
ACORN California
California Partnership (NWFCO/CCC)
California Immigrant Policy Center
CALPIRG
Conners Cause for Children (CA)
Desert AIDS Project
Health Access California
LA Health Action
Western Regional Advocacy Project
National Council of Jewish Women CA Chapter
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
ACLU of Southern California
Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
Organizing for America, San Anselmo
Screen Actors Guild
Congress of California Seniors
Americans for Democratic Action, So. Cal Ch.
California Women's Agenda
Libreria del Pueblo, Inc.
COFEM
Southern California Rehabilitation Service
Having Our Say
Childrens Defense Fund California
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
SEIU United Service Workers West
Community Health Councils, Inc.
SEIU Local 721
AFSCME California People
Community Health Councils, Inc.
Planned Parenthood of Affiliates of CA
SEIU CA State Council
SEIU Local 721
Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates
Silicon Valley Action Network
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Colorado
9 to 5 Colorado
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
Colorado Acorn
Colorado AFT
Colorado Education Association
Colorado for Health Care
Colorado Jobs with Justice
Colorado Progressive Action (NWFCO/CCC)
Colorado Progressive Coalition
Essence of Illumination and Therapeutic Massage
FRESC
Health Care for All Colorado
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Assn
National Physicians Alliance
New Era Colorado
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
Progress Now Action
Rocky Mountain District Council of Labor
SEIU Local 105
Sisters of Color United for Education
Universalist Church of Greeley Social Justice Committee
Womens International League for Peace & Freedom
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7
Colorado Nurses Association
Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved
American Federation of Teachers
American Friends Service Committee
Colorado Voices for Coverage Coalition
Communication Workers of America
Democracia USA/ Democracia Ahora
Denver Area Labor Federation
Greeley Interfaith Association
Healthcare United
Jefferson Unitarian Church Peace, Justice, Liberty Task Force
Lambda Community Center
Network of Spiritual Progressives
Northern Colorado Aids Project
Rights for All People/Derechos Para Todos
Colorado Nurses Association
Hunger for Justice
Connecticut
ACORN CT
AFSCME
AFT CT
AFL-CIO
IAM
Connecticut Citizen Action Group
Connecticut Education Association
Connecticut Association for Human Services
Planned Parenthood
SEIU
United Action of Connecticut
UAW
Universal Health Care Foundation of CT
Alliance for Retired Americans
Citizens for Economic Opportunity (CEO)
UFCW
CT Parent Power
Working Families Win
CT Center for a New Economy
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
IBEW
Carpenters
Delaware
Acorn Delaware
BMWED/Teamster
DE HIV Consortium
Delaware Artisans Cooperative
Delaware Watch
Democratic Talk Radio (DE)
Each One Teach One
Gateway House/Reachout
Laborers of Delaware Local Union 199
New Castle Community Partnership, Inc.
Delaware AFL-CIO
Planned Parenthood
Commissioner Health Outreach Faith Community
SEIU
Alliance for Health Care Reform
Delaware Pacem in Terris
DE AFSCME
APRI
Spirit of Life Church
UAW Local 1183
Amalgamated Transit Union
Hope of a Global Community
COSMO
Florida
Acorn Florida
Florida CHAIN
Florida Consumer Action Network
Human Services Coalition of Dade County
Kids that Care Pediatric & Cancer Fund
Progress Florida
Duval County for Change
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
Farm Workers Association
Florida Education Association
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
Florida Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
Hispanic Health Initiative
Jobs with Justice
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Planned Parenthood
SEIU
Boca-Delray Democratic Club
Progressive Push
SEIU Florida Healthcare Union
Sarasotaforobama
Georgia
9 to 5 Atlanta Working Women
Blacks Against Black Crime, Inc.
Center for Children and Education
Coalicion de Lidres Latinos
Cobb Immigrant Alliance
Feminist Womens Health Center
GA Equality
GA Planned Parenthood
GA Wand (Womens Action for New Directions)
Georgia Coalition for Peoples Agenda
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights
Georgia Rural Urban Summit
Georgians for Gun Safety
Harlem (GA) Neighborhood Development Authority
Hyde Park and Argon Park Improvement Association
Mary Utley Center
Mexican American Student Organization (MASA)
Ryan White Program
SisterLove, Inc.
Sister Song
Georgia Employee Association, Inc
Hawaii
Faith Action for Community Equity(NWFCO/CCC)
Hawaii FACE
Idaho
Idaho Community Action Network(NWFCO/CCC)
The Interfaith Alliance of Idaho
United Action for Idaho
Debbie Holmes for Congress
Working Families Win
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest - Idaho
Idaho Women's Network
Centro de Comunidad y Justicia
Illinois
AFSCME Council 31
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 416
Chicago Jobs with Justice
Citizen Action/Illinois
Chicago Teachers Union
Coalition of Labor Union Women of Illinois
Illinois NAACP
Protestants for the Common Good
SEIU Illinois Council
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1546
AMSA - Northwestern University
Chicago Jobs Council
Northwest Suburban (Chicago) Chapter of the National Organization for Women
Butternut Chapter - Illinois Organizing for America
Illinois Coalition for Adolescent Health
Save the Patient
Dupage Residents Networking for Change
Black Women for Reproductive Justice
Asian Health Coalition of Illinois
Indiana
Acorn Indiana
Central Indiana Jobs with Justice
Planned Parenthood of Indiana
Iowa
Acorn - Iowa
AFSCME Iowa Council 61
Alliance for Global Justice
American Medical Student Assn Des Moines University Ch.
American Medical Student Assn University of Iowa Ch.
Child & Family Policy Center
Communication Workers of America - Iowa
Every Child Matters Iowa
Iowa Caregivers Association
Iowa Citizen Action Network
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Iowa Community Action Association
Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church
Iowa for Health Care
Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
Iowa Planned Parenthood Affiliate League
MoveOn.org-Iowa
Progressive Action for the Common Good
Progressive Coalition of Central
Iowa
Quad Cities Federation of Labor
SEIU Iowa
UFCW Iowa
Visiting Nurse Services, (Polk County Iowa)
Working Families Win - Iowa
Southwest Iowa Latino Resource Center
Kansas
Acorn Kansas
Community Resources Council
Interfaith Ministries, Wichita
Kansas NAMI
Kansas NEA
Kansas Sunflower
Kansas Young Dems
Labor Federation of America, Wichita
SEIU Local 1, Kansas City
Topeka AIDS Project
Topeka CCHD
Kansas Organization of State Employees (KOSE)
Louisiana
Acorn Louisiana
Asia Baptist Church
Coalition for Veterans Rights
Committee to Reopen Charity
Covenant House
In This Together
Light City Church
Louisiana AFL-CIO
Louisiana Health Care Matters
Louisiana Justice Institute
Louisiana Maternal and Child Health Coalition
Lower Mid-City Association
NO-AIDS Task Force
Mary Queen of Vietnam
Pax Christi New Orleans
SEIU Local 100
United Teachers of New Orleans(UTNO)/American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Newmark Construction, Inc.
Hope United BC
Rick Brown Construction
H&K Concrete
Jae's Plumbing and Construction LLC
Dave Capasso & Associates
Triple L, Ink Graphic Design
Communities Collaborating for Economic Development
Rejoice Inc.
Maine
AFSCME
Centro Latino
Engage Maine
Equality Maine
Kennebec Valley Organization (KVO)
Maine Center for Economic Policy
Maine Education Association
Main Equal Justice Partners
Maine People's Alliance
Maine Womens Lobby
MoveOn.org Portland Maine Council
MSEA-SEIU
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Tengo Voz
Maryland
1199-SEIU
Acorn Maryland
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
Alliance for Retired Americans
CASA
Maryland Citizens Health Initiative
Maryland Women's Coalition for Health Care Reform
National Alliance for Mental Illness
National Association of Social Workers
National Council of Jewish Women
Planned Parenthood
Progressive Maryland
Teachers-MSTA
Union for Reform Judaism
UFCW
United Workers Association
YWCA
Montgomery Health Care ACTION
United Seniors of Maryland
Massachussetts
Alliance to Defend Health Care (MA)
Alliance to Develop Power
AFSCME Council 93 - Local 747
Bellingham Police Association
Bellingham Permanent Firefighters Association
Michigan
Acorn Michigan
American Friends Service Committee- Inclusive Justice Program
Michigan Citizen Action
Michigan Gamaliel
Michigan Legal Services
MichUCHAN
Progressive Democrats of West Michigan
Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
MI Afscme
SEIU Healthcare Michigan
Health and Hope Coalition
Operating Engineers Local 547
Metro Detroit AFL-CIO
U of M Medical Students
MI Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
Triangle Foundation
ACCESS
Mid Michigan Coalition for National Health Care Reform
Minnesota
Education Minnesota
Minnesota Gamaliel
Take Action Minnesota
Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
SEIU MN
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
CDF
Communications Workers State Council
IUE-CWA Local 1140
Unite Here
Missouri
Missouri Acorn
Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition
Womens Voices Raised for Social Justice
Howard County Progressives
MASW- Missouri Association for Social Welfare
Democracy for Missouri
Laborers Local 773
Missouri Womens Network
Carpenters Local 1925
Jefferson City Capitol Women's Political Caucus
Montana
AFSCME, Council 9
Big Sky Central Labor Council
Blue Mountain Clinic
Carpenters Union, Local 28
Central Montana Central Labor Council
Children's Defense Fund - Montana
Forward Montana
Great Falls Interfaith Assoc.
Greater Yellowstone Central Labor Council
HomeWORD
Indian People's Action
Missoula Area Central Labor Council
MEA-MFT
Montana AFL-CIO
Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
Montana Association of Churches
Montana Human Rights Network
MONTPIRG
North-Missoula Community Development Corporation
NWFCO Montana
Opportunities, Inc.
Planned Parenthood of Montana, Inc.
Progressive Democrats of Montana
Raise Montana
SEIU Health Care 775 Northwest
UNITE HERE! Local 427
WEEL
Western Progress
WEAVE
YWCA-Missoula
Indian People's Action
Children's Defense Fund - Montana
AFSCME, Council 9
MONTPIRG
Nebraska
Nebraska Appleseed
NAPE/AFSCME Local 61
Planned Parenthood of Nebraska & Council Bluffs
Nebraskans for Peace
Nevada
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN)
Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living
Cooperativa de Familias Unidas
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Washoe County Democratic Party Latino Coaltion
Clark County Democratic Black Caucus
New Hampshire
Granite State Organizing Project
New Hampshire Citizens Alliance
New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition
SEIU Americans for Health Care
Working Families Win
Granite State Progress
New Hampshire AFL-CIO
New Jersey
1199 SEIU Health Care Workers East
AFL-CIO NJ
AFSCME Council 1
Alliance for Disabled in Action, Inc
BlueWave NJ
CWA District One
Democracia Ahora New Jersey
CWA Local 1032
Garden State Equality
Grassroots 4 Change
Family Voices NJ
Health Professionals and
Allied Employees
Health Care for AllNJ
Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministries of New Jersey
Hispanic Directors Association of NJ
National Association of Social Workers,
NJ Chapter
Mighty Middlesex Advocates
New Jersey Citizen Action
New Labor
New Jersey Region of the Workmen's Circle/Arbiter Ring
New Jersey Education Association
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New Jersey West Hudson Valley Council Union for Reform Judaism
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of
New Jersey Council
North Jersey Grassroots
National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) NJ Health Care Coalition
SEIU New Jersey State
South Jersey Grassroots
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
Womens Opportunity Center
Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
New Mexico
Acorn New Mexico
Beyond Borders
Big Star Tire Shop
Book Case
Book Stop
Cafι Giuseppe
Carlisle Health and Rehab Center
Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU
Coronado Boot & Shoe Repair
Cutie Pie Boutique
Downtown Books
Fixed and Free Bike Shop
Gallery One
Gladstone Automotive
Guerrilla Graphix
Health Action New Mexico
Healthcare United New Mexico
Jakes 4th Street Barber Shop
Java Joes
Kyle Zimmerman Photography
La Familiar Restaurant
Mariachi Tierra Encantada
New Mexico Conference of Churches
New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum
New Mexico Tea Company
Owl Greens Music
Rasoli Indian Restaurant
Route 66 Cleaners
SEIU-Healthcare New Mexico
Silver Skate Shop
Spirit River Healing Art
St. Martins Hospitality Center (shelter)
Standard Diner
Storehouse Food Pantry
Sumner & Dene Gallery
Sunshine Cafι
10 Oh 2 Park Avenue Hair Salon
The Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice
The Bike Coope
Tiger Lily Floral Design
Toad Road Boutique
Winnings Coffee
Ziggy and Zoes Antiques
AFSCME Council 18
Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice
Artichoke CafιBarelas Coffee House
Bikrams Yoga Downtown
Cecilia Cafι
Crystal Dove
Downtown Printing
Enlace Comunitario
Farina Pizzeria
Fresco Harmony
Papers
Peacecraft`
Planned Parenthood of New Mexico
Veggiegrowers
SW Creations Collaborative
El Centro de Igualidad y Derechos
Jivan Lee Consulting
Virdiana Jasso, Self-Employed at MDK
Red Ball Cafe
Progressive Change New Mexico
New York
ACORN New York
Alcorn Studio and Gallery
AMSA Chapter for Albany Medical College
Arise (NY)
Chemung/Schulyer Multi-Union Retirees
Citizen Action of New York
Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State
Make the Road NY
Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign
New York State United Teachers
PEF Retirees Chapter 2
Rekindling Reform
Rochester Faith Community for Obama
Stop & Shop
Unite Here Rochester Regional Joint Board
Upper Hudson Peace Action
NASW
NYC for Change.org
Westchester Health Care Reform Task Force
New York State Association on Independent Living
Results of Western New York
Sheehan Memorial Hospital
Western New York Health Care Campaign
Community Service Society (asked to be listed under NY as well as Nationally)
Working Families Party
7 Valley Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Inc.
Zonta Club of Cortland
American Association of University Women Cortland Branch
League of Women Voters Cortland
Access to Independence of Cortland County, Inc.
New York Immigration Coalition
CWA District 1
Long Island Mid-Suffolk Business Action
New York State Public Health Association
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic
Planned Parenthood of Nassau County
Reach Out America
New York Statewide Senior Action Council
Capital Region ACORN
Coalition on Economic Justice/Buffalo Jobs with Justice
Christian Medical and Dental Association of WNY
Good Neighbors Health Care
North Fork Spanish Apostolate
South Asian Council for Social Services
North Carolina
Acorn NC
Health Policy Class, North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Fair Share
Sanderson High School Young Democrats
Latin American Coalition
Triad Senior Solutions
Endicott Repair
North Dakota
NDPeople.org
SEIU
ND AARP
ND Education Association
ND Nurses Association
AAP
Childrens Caucus
Prevent Child Abuse ND
AFL-CIO
Ohio
Acorn Ohio
Grassroots Dayton
Ohio Faith & Democracy Collaborative
Progress Ohio
TERKK'S/CROSS Consumer Recovery Outreach Support Services
Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio
We are the Uninsured
Working Families Win Ohio Chapter
Children's Defense Fund - Ohio
Northwest Ohio Universal Health Care Action Network (NWO/UHCAN)
SEIU 1199
AFSCME Ohio Council 8
National Physicians Alliance
UFCW 1059
Ohio Federation of Teachers
Toledo Jobs with Justice
Columbus Jobs with Justice
OCSEA
SEIU Local 1
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good - Ohio
Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Ohio
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio
Ohio AFL-CIO
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Alliance of Retired Americans - Ohio
OAPSE
National Association of Social Workers
UA Plumbers & Fitters Local 50 (UA Local 50)
Campaign for Community Change
League of Young Voters
BLET Ohio
Ohio Academy of Pediatrics
UCC Church in America Justice and Witness Ministry
Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies
Ohio Education Association
Ohio Jewish Communities, Governmental Affairs
Ohio Nurses Association
Alliance of Informed Citizens of Northwest Ohio
Oklahoma
Kid Kampus Child Care
Oklahomans for Universal Health Care
Oregon
Adventist Community Services
AFSCME Council 75
Alliance for Retired Americans
CAUSA
Children First for Oregon
Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
Healthcare United - OR
Jackson County Democrats
NAMI
National Council of Jewish Women
National Nursing Network Organization - OR
NWFCO/C
CC Oregon
Oregon Action
Oregon AFL-CIO
Oregon Student Association
PCUN) Northwest Treeplanters & Farmworkers United
Planned Parenthood Columbia-Willamette
Portland Acorn
Rural Organizing Project
SEIU
Social Justice Alliance of Josephine County
UFCW Local 55
Community Action Team, Inc.
Oregon Bus Project
Oregon Nurses Association
Pennsylvania
Acorn Pennsylvania
Main Line Progressive Action Network
Montgomery Borough
Nirvanaland Wellness
NEPA Operation Democracy Citizens in Action
North Eastern Pennsylvania Health Care Task Force
Penn Action
Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network
Philadelphia Unemployment Project
Vanessa Brown 2008
PA Coalition to End Homelessness
Cumberland County Pennsylvania Young Democrats (CCPAYD)
Sacred House of One People
OFA of Central PA
Congreso de Latinos de Unidos, Inc.
Rhode Island
Mental Health Association of Rhode Island
Mental Health Consumer Advocates of RI
NAMI Rhode Island
National Association of Social Workers Rhode Island Chapter
Ocean State Action
Planned Parenthood of RI
RI National Organization of Women
Rhode Island Medical Society
Rhode Island State Nurses Association
Rhode Island Foster Parents Association
Save our Mental Health Services Coalition (RI)
United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island
Wisdom, Empowerment, Health, Education, Advocacy, & Liberation - (Northeast Radical Health Network)
African Alliance of Rhode Island
RI Professional Latinos Association
SEIU RI State Council
NEA RI
Asociacion de Venezolanos
Gray Panthers
Urban League of RI
South Dakota
NWFCO/CCC South Dakota
South Dakota Advocacy Network for Women
South Dakota Democracy in Action
UFCW Local #304A
South Dakota Peace and Justice
South Dakota Labor Federation
Planned Parenthood MN-SD
Cheyenne River Youth Project
SD American Association of University Women
Tennessee
Center for Community Change - TN
Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute
Tennessee Acorn
Tennessee Citizen Action
Tennessee Disability Coalition
UNITE HERE Local 847
SEIU
Tennessee Health Care Campaign (THCC)
NASW
AFL-CIO
Murfreesboro Community Organizers
Texas
Acorn Texas
Acorn San Antonio
Planned Parenthood
SEIU
TexPIRG
TSTA/NEA (Texas State Teachers Assn)
Utah
Utah Health Policy Project
Vermont
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Vermont NEA
AFL-CIO
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
Democracy for Vermont
Vermont State Employee's Association
Virginia
Arlington County Retirees Association
Virginia AFL-CIO
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
Virginia Organizing Project (NWFCO/CCC)
Washington
ACORN
National Physicians Alliance
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Planned Parenthood
SEIU Washington State Council
Washington Community Action Network
Washington Federation of State Employees
Washington State Labor Council
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 21
Alternative Healing Network
American Federation of Government Employees Local 3937
American Federation of Government Employees D11
Washington, DC
DC Fights Back
Washington DC Area Gluten Free Dinner Club
Justice Through Music
West Virginia
Daymark, Inc.
National Association of Social Workers West Virginia Chapter
National Rural Social Work Caucus- (WV)
West Virginia AFL-CIO
West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
West Virginia Citizen Action Group
West Virginia FREE (Focus: Reproductive Education and Equality)
West Virginia Health Right, Inc.
West Virginia Health Kids and Families Coalition
SEIU District 1199
North Central WV Democracy for America
Wisconsin
ACORN
AFSCME
AFT-Wisconsin
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups
Coalition for Wisconsin Health
Community Advocates, Inc.
Disability Rights Wisconsin
Grassroots North Shore
Grassroots Citizens of Wisconsin
Milwaukee 9to5
One Wisconsin Now
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI)
Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations
SEIU
Voces de la Frontera
UFCA 1473
Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americns
Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
Wisconsin Council of Children and Families
Wisconsin Council of Churches
WISDOM
Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC)
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
Wisconsin Laborers District Council (LIUNA)
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Regional
Northeast Action
Democracy South
Other
Helpinghandmc
ITGLWF Philippines Council
Pharmahelper.c
Source: http://healthcareforamericanow.org/site/content/who_we_are/
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Valli6
08-17-2009, 11:39 AM
When asking questions at townhall meetings, perhaps we can focus less on what's currently written in the bill (which they haven't read), and MORE on HCAN's intentions, which these congress members are obviously aware of, and have expressed agreement with, through their support of HCAN?
i.e. "I see you support HCAN and their goals. How do you envision healthcare be payed for when you support equal coverage for anyone that ever decides to enter the US, even if they do so illegally? You would essentially be inviting everyone on earth to America for free healthcare, a goal which could never be sustained."
(from HCAN website)
What Does Comprehensive Reform Mean For Me?
Immigrants
We believe that immigrants regardless of their legal status should be covered by the new system and be responsible for contributing to their health care coverage like everyone else. We also want to be sure that the different views that people have on immigration policy do not block moving ahead with health care reform. If we did that, only the insurance companies and other opponents of reform would benefit. In fact, many opponents of real reform will use this and other issues to try to divide supporters of change.
Unionized workers
Our current health care system is unaffordable for working families, employers, and the government. Workers and their unions often have to bargain away needed pay increases to maintain their health care benefits because of skyrocketing health care costs. By making health care costs a responsibility of all employers, unionized employers will no longer have to compete with non-union firms that dont pay for good health coverage or any coverage at all. Your union will continue to bargain over health care and determine the level of benefits and employee costs through that process.
People and communities of color
The facts are sobering. An African American woman is twice as likely to die from breast cancer as a white woman. Hispanics in America are seven times more likely to die from diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. To provide equal health care for all we need to invest in health care in all our communities. We need to be sure that we have doctors and other providers who understand the language and culture of all our communities. We need to collect good data and research on the best treatments for people of all races (too often researchers study health care among only whites.)
Doctors, hospitals and other medical professionals
Health care reform will emphasize quality care, including coverage for prevention and primary care and good management of chronic conditions. A reformed system will reimburse time spent on prevention and disease management. Guaranteeing coverage for all will mean that doctors, hospitals, and other providers wont be faced with patients who need care but dont have coverage. The choice of a public health insurance plan will mean that patients will have at least one payer that provides a choice of providers, without being subject to the claims denials and billing hassles of private health insurers. The greater adoption of health information technology will mean better information on patients health history and less paperwork.
Insurance Companies
The government needs to act as a watchdog over all health insurance plans so that consumers are no longer at the mercy of private insurance companies who can act however they please. For example, the government will impose stringent new rules that include prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions and will require all health insurance to include good benefits that meet a persons health care needs from prevention to care for serious illness.
Small Businesses
Health care reform will make health coverage affordable to small employers that are paying too much for health care or are unable to offer health coverage to their employees now. The main reason small employers do not offer health coverage to their employees is because it is simply too expensive. Health care reform will provide subsidies to small employers to help them contribute to their employees coverage or allow small businesses to pay into a fund that will offer their employees a choice of affordable private or public health insurance.
The Main Street Alliance a national network of small business coalitions that is working with Health Care for America Now commissioned a survey of 1,200 small business owners and found that small business owners want real health reform, are willing to contribute, and want a quality public health insurance option. For more information about small businesses and the Main Street Alliance, please visit http://www.mainstreetalliance.org.
People with chronic diseases
HCAN is advocating for reforms that will require all insurers to provide standard, comprehensive health care benefits that meet your needs from preventive to chronic care management services. The plan will have low out-of-pocket costs (like co-pays) so you can afford to get the medical care you need at any time. The public health insurance option will allow patients to choose their doctor and hospital. Additionally, insurance companies will be required to cover pre-existing conditions so everyone regardless of health status or history can get comprehensive benefits at fair and stable premiums.
You and your family
It will give your family a choice. HCAN is fighting for a uniquely American solution that guarantees quality coverage you can afford and gives you real choice: keep your private insurance plan or join a new public health insurance plan so you are no longer at the mercy of the private insurance industry. No matter which you choose, you are guaranteed standard, comprehensive benefits that meet your needs, and youll pay for insurance based on your income. You will have a choice of doctors, health providers, and private or public health insurance plans, without gaps in coverage or access and a delivery system that meets the needs of at-risk populations.
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More:
You can download an 11 page PDF with more of HCAN's intentions including:
How will we pay for it?
How much will it cost? Where will we get the money?
How will health care reform save money?
Given our economic mess, how can we afford health care reform?
Whats the process in Congress to pass reform?
How We Can Win
How is HCAN funded?
How is HCAN governed?
Are you part of the Obama administration?
How can I join HCAN?
What can you do to help?
http://hcfan.3cdn.net/c6bc0b70a045aa4e7c_zfm6bntn6.pdf
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