Get on the bus! July 30, Rally and Lobby in DC for HR 676

July 30 marks Medicare’s 44th Birthday. Activists from more than a dozen cities are sending busloads to Washington, DC, to celebrate the occasion and to show Congress and President Obama the strong support for a national, single payer healthcare system. People will visit their Congresspersons to urge them to sign on to HR 676 in the House and S 703 in the Senate, then come together for a rally at 1:00 pm.

Rally for Expanded and Improved Medicare for All, HR 676

Thursday, July 30, 1:00 pm, Upper Senate Park (between Constitution Ave, New Jersey Ave, and Delaware Ave)

Confirmed Rally Speakers:

  • Jos Williams – President, AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Labor Council, AFL-CIO
  • Dr. David Scheiner – President Obama’s personal physician of 22 years
  • Sidney M. Wolfe, MD - Acting President of Public Citizen
  • Terry O’Neill - President, National Organization for Women
  • Senator James Ferlo - Pennsylvania State Senator
  • Sameer Dossani - Demand Dignity Campaign Director, Amnesty International
  • Barbara Ehrenreich - Feminist, sociologist, political activist, and author of “Nickled and Dimed”
  • Congressman John Conyers, Jr – Chair, House Judiciary Committee, and sponsor of HR 676
  • Medea Benjamin – Cofounder of Code Pink and Global Exchange
  • Tim Carpenter - Progressive Democrats of America, Executive Director
  • Donna Smith - Community Activist and Legislative Advocate, California Nurses Association, whose story of financial bankruptcy was featured in Michael Moore’s film, “SiCKO.”
Medicare has successfully provided care to seniors and people with disabilities for almost half a century. Its single payer structure with only 3% administrative costs stands in sharp contrast to the 20% and higher wasted by the private insurance companies on administration and profits. As Washington struggles to fund health care reform, an expanded and improved Medicare shows the way to do it!

Join us in DC on July 30!!

Info on buses and transportation to DC is here: http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/single-payer-rally/bus/

Info on the rally is here: http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/single-payer-rally/