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Take time to stand up with OCSEA /AFSCME for quality, affordable health care for all
Call Congress to urge legislators to pass
real health care reform now!
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- Review talking points below.
- Enter your zip code at www.ocsea.org/lookup to display your legislators' names.
- Call 1-888-460-0813 to be connected to your members of Congress.
- Don’t forget to call 3 times, once for your Representative and once for each of your Senators.
- Please be polite. Ask to talk with someone who can speak to the Senator or Representative’s position on health care.
CALL NOW… REVIEW SAMPLE TALKING POINTS
If your member of Congress has not decided which side he or she is on or if you're not sure where your legislator stands: Encourage them to declare his or her support by using the following example.
“I am calling to ask (Senator or Representative ______) to support health care reform that guarantees quality, affordable health care for everyone. I want a choice: to be able to keep my private insurance, or join a public insurance plan based on a family’s ability to pay. I also want rules to regulate the insurance industry so that health coverage would actually be there when I need it. Please ask (Senator or Representative ______) to support for a guarantee of quality, affordable health care for all by signing the Health Care for America Now Which Side Are You On? statement.”
If your member of Congress is with us:
Give thanks and reinforce your support by using the following example text when you call.
“I am calling to thank (Senator or Representative _____) for standing up for real health care reform. Please let (him or her) I am glad to hear that (Senator or Representative _____) with us for a guarantee of quality, affordable health care for all in 2009.”
If your member of Congress is with the insurance industry:
Share your disappointment and encourage him or her to join us for quality, affordable health care for all by using the following example text when you call.
“I have heard that (Senator or Representative ____________) is opposed to a comprehensive health care solution that makes quality, affordable health care for all. Please let (Senator or Representative ___________) know that private insurers have dominated the health care debate for too long and their solutions don’t work. Don’t leave Americans alone to fend for themselves in the bureaucratic, unregulated private insurance market. We want a choice to keep our private plans with fair rules to protect us from being denied, or to choose a public plan that is affordable and accessible to all.”
See Related
Why should OCSEA members care about health care reform?
Health Care for America Now
How AFSCME is working to Make Health Care Reform Happen
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