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CHUCK PANNACCHIO TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHCARE PANEL DISCUSSION WEBCAST ON AUGUST 22
August 17
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8:00 - 9:30 pm: PANEL DISCUSSION

Single-payer Movement: From Washington across the Nation.

Featuring Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Donna Smith, Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign co-chair, Chuck Pennacchio, Executive Director of Healthcare4AllPA and PDA PA state leadership team member and Katie Robbins of Healthcare NOW! are confirmed.

A video of the event will be posted here - check back soon to watch it!

COURTHOUSE RALLY CALLS FOR SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE
August 13
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From: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By: Jennifer Reeger URL: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_638068.html

Bob Mason began advocating for changes in the nation's health care system about seven years ago. As a social worker, he felt it was his duty to fight for social justice issues such as health care reform.

But in the last few years, Mason, 60, and his wife, Theresa, 57, also a social worker, found themselves in the same boat as their clients who can't afford insurance co-pays or have limited office visits.

They nearly went bankrupt when Theresa Mason was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Bob Mason dropped his health coverage a year ago after his premiums increased 40 percent. His wife's policy may be next.

"Over the last seven years, I've been going from advocating for others to also advocating for myself," said Mason of Trafford, who is a founding member of Pennsylvania United for Single-payer Healthcare and Healthcare 4 All Pa.

The organizations held a small rally and news conference Wednesday morning in front of the Westmoreland County Courthouse, urging passage of The Family and Business Healthcare Security Act, which would create a single-payer health insurance fund in Pennsylvania.

Mason said Westmoreland County's municipalities and school districts would save nearly $43 million a year on health care costs for their employees under a single-payer system.

Click here to read the full article at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Online.

Click here to see how much individual Pennsylvania counties would save under HB1660 and SB400 - The Pennsylvania Single Payer Solution.

HEALTHCARE4ALLPA MEMBERS MAKE PRESENTATION TO LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL, REQUEST ENDORSEMENT
August 13
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From: NewsLanc
URL: http://newslanc.com/2009/08/11/group-requests-council-endorse-single-payer-health-care

At the August 11 meeting of the Lancaster City Council, Jerry Policoff, Communications Director of Healthcare4ALLPA, requested an endorsement from the Council for PA House Bill 1660 and PA Senate Bill 400. Both of these bills are aimed at providing a single payer health insurance system for all Pennsylvania citizens. The City Councils of both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have already passed official endorsements for this legislation, Policoff noted.

Click here to view the presentation given to the council (.pdf)

Click here to read the rest of the story at NewsLanc.

PITTSBURGH AND PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS SUPPORTING PA SINGLE PAYER LEGISLATION AVAILABLE HERE
August 12
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On July 21, the Pittsburgh City Council reaffirmed their committment to the Single Payer Solution - in Pennsylvania, HB1660 / SB400 - and passed a resolution calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly and Governor to sign HB1660 and SB400 into law.

Read the Council Resolution by clicking here

The Philadelphia City Council Resolution in support of the Single Payer Solution and HB1660 / SB400 (then SB300) is available here.

WHY ARE PA TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON HEALTH CARE LOSING CONTROL?
August 11
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From: Public News Service
Author: Tom Joseph
Website: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/10050-1

PHILADELPHIA - In Pennsylvania and around the nation, recent town hall meetings held by elected officials to discuss health care reform have turned into free-for-alls, with politicians and proponents being shouted down by those who say government has no role in the matter. Why is it happening and who's responsible?

Chuck Pennacchio with Health Care for All Pennsylvania says the town hall gatherings are being crashed by opponents of government-driven health care reform.

"Those are people who desperately want to beat back any kind of reform where the government would play an increased role in either funding or providing health care."

Click here to read the entire story on Public News Service.

CHUCK PENNACCHIO AND DENNIS KUCINICH SPEAK AT JULY 30 MEDICARE RALLY
August 10
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Chuck Pennacchio, Executive Director of HealthCare4ALLPA, speaks to a packed room in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 30, 2009. Chuck is then followed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, a staunch supporter of state-based single payer movements.

CHUCK PENNACCHIO AT MEDICARE BIRTHDAY RALLY IN WASHINGTON, DC, ANNOUNCES OCTOBER 2009 SINGLE PAYER RALLY IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
August 7
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Chuck Pennacchio, Executive Director for HealthCare4ALLPA, announces the October 20, 2009 Single Payer Rally at the State Capitol Building in Harrisburgh, PA.

PROGRESSIVES4PENNSYLVANIA TO PRESENT HEALTHCARE PACKAGE TO LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL
August 5
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On Tuesday August 11, 2009, the next public meeting of the Lancaster City Council, Progressives for Pennsylvania and Healthcare4ALLPA.org have been invited to make a presentation in support of Pennsylvania House Resolution 1660/Senate Bill 400.

The City Council is considering a resolution supporting these bills which, if passed, will make Pennsylvania the first state to enact single-payer healthcare - universal, comprehensive healthcare for all.

The Philadelphia City Council passed a similar resolution unanimously in February, and the Pittsburgh City Council passed it last week.

Municipalities, struggling to balance their budgets without raising taxes and/or cutting services, are beginning to realize that single-payer healthcare delivers the double benefit of providing healthcare to everyone while substantially reducing the costs they now sustain in covering their own employees with private insurance company policies.

The presentation will be made on August 11, 2009, starting at 7:30 PM at the Lancaster City Council Public Meeting held in Southern Market Center - 100 S. Queen St., Lancaster, PA, 17602.

HOW MANY AMERICANS SUPPORT SINGLE PAYER?
August 4
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by: DocJess
Tue Aug 04, 2009 at 07:13:04 AM EDT
Reprinted with permission from DCW: DemConWatch - Click here to visit DemConWatch.

The first poll is out asking about Single Payer support. Time Magazine commissioned a poll from SRBI, which found that 55% of Americans want a major overhaul. 60% think the insurance companies are doing a fair or poor job of providing services. 55% think the American health care system is fair or poor. 90% want tax breaks for small businesses to make health insurance more affordable. 80% want pre-existng conditions covered. 63% want coverage for all Americans, even if the government needs to subsidize it. 56% want a public option.

The Single Payer question read:

Would you favor or oppose a program that creates a national single-payer plan similar to Medicare for all, in which the government would provide healthcare insurance to all Americans?

49% of the respondents said "yes".

Believe it or not, that's a huge number. First, because most people don't actually know what "Single Payer" means. Second, because the opposition is out in force. And third, because based on other answers in the poll, it's likely that the sample was skewed.

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WHAT IS SINGLE PAYER? IS IT SOCIALIZED MEDICINE?
July 23
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What is single payer? Is it socialized medicine?

by: DocJess
Thu Jul 23, 2009 at 09:30:00 AM EDT
Reprinted with permission from DCW: DemConWatch - Click here to visit DemConWatch.

The Single Payer bill furthest along in the legislative process belongs to the state of Pennsylvania, where the House bill was resubmitted last week, with 36 co-sponsors. You can read the whole bill here. (Don't worry, it's only 27 pages)

Basically:

The plan shall provide health care coverage for all citizens of this Commonwealth and for certain eligible visitors. The agency shall work simultaneously to control health care costs, achieve measurable improvement in health care outcomes, promote a culture of health awareness and develop an integrated health care database to support health care planning and quality assurance.

I'll answer in detail after the jump, but this is NOT socialized medicine.
Click here to visit DemConWatch and to read the entire article.

PITTSBURGH PA CITY COUNCIL ENDORSES THE SINGLE PAYER SOLUTION - PA HB1660 AND SB 400
July 23
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NEWS RELEASE
PITTSBURGH, PA
JULY 21, 2001

Contacts:
412.758.9082 Dr. Mary Pat Donegan, Healthcare4AllPA
412.398.2163 Molly Rush, Pennsylvania United for Single-payer Healthcare

State health care solution is PA House Bill 1660
CITY COUNCIL FIGHTS FOR HEALTHCARE AND FISCAL ANSWER

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh City Council voted unanimously today to pass a “Will of Council” which calls on the State Assembly to pass SB 400 and HB 1660, “The Family and Business Healthcare Security Act” and for Governor Rendell to sign it into law. When passed, this Act will provide comprehensive, quality healthcare to city employees and all residents of Pennsylvania. The City of Pittsburgh would realize an estimated $20,966,457, nearly $21 million in savings if it is passed this year. Over a five-year period, it is estimated the City of Pittsburgh would save over $162 million. These savings would end the city’s fiscal crisis and eliminate the need to send Mayor Luke Ravenstahl to Harrisburg to seek support for unpopular measures, such as raising the Pittsburgh wage tax for those who work in Pittsburgh but live elsewhere. For more information on legislation go to www.healthcare4allpa.org

WENDELL POTTER, FORMER CIGNA EXECUTIVE, ENDORSES STATE-BASED SINGLE PAYER LEGISLATION IN PENNSYLVANIA
July 21
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WHYY-FM Radio: Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane

Wendell Potter, a former CIGNA healthcare executive, is interviewed by Marty Moss-Coane on Radio Times. He describes his time with CIGNA, and what led to his decision to leave his position. In the second half of the show, he responds to a question posed by Chuck Pennacchio, Executive director of HealthCare4ALLPA, and comes out in support of state-based single payer initiatives, including HB1660 and SB400 in Pennsylvania.

Click here to listen to the July 21 edition of WHYY-FM Radio: Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane.

Listen to Chuck's question to Mr. Potter, and Mr. Potter's response, contained in the player below.

HB1660 HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE
July 17
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Pennsylvania House Bill 1660 has been introduced by Rep. Kathy Manderino (194th Legislative District, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties). Click here to see if your legislator is signed on as a co-sponsor! Click here to read the bill (.pdf).

HEALTHCARE4ALLPA BERKS COUNTY COORDINATORS RON AND ROSIE APPEAR ON BERKS COMMUNITY TELEVISION PROGRAM
July 17

HealthCare4ALLPA Berks County organizers, Ron Stoufer and Rosie Skomitz, appear on Inside Your City with Vaughn Spencer, Reading City Council President.

**One note - Rep. Reichley is not a co-sponsor. For an updated list of co-sponsors, click here.**

Using IE - Watch the video by clicking the play button below!
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TAXPAYER SAVINGS UNDER HB1660 AND SB400
July 15
The savings the taxpayers in each county of Pennsylvania will see under the passage of the Family and Business Health Security Act (HB1660 AND SB400) are listed here.

HEALTHCARE4ALLPA, HB1660 / SB400 IN LEBANON DAILY NEWS
July 9

Insist on single-payer option
Editor:
Lebanon Daily News
Updated: 07/09/2009 01:53:13 AM EDT

The current health-care reform debate is not being conducted with the openness and honesty that President Barack Obama advocated as a candidate. There are three major problems.

First, our attention is being diverted by speaking of "health-care reform." While many things could be improved in our system, what most people worry about is not the care but paying for it.

They have good reason to worry. Any change of jobs or employer ownership imperils health coverage; if they happen to get sick during an uninsured period, the illness will likely bankrupt them. Half of bankruptcies comes from medical expenses and, even worse, most of those were insured!

The second problem is the use of code words like "a uniquely American solution." This devalues any reference to the experience of other countries. Of the 77 largest economies in the world, 76 have some kind of universal health coverage, and the average cost of health care here is at least twice as expensive as in any of those 76 countries.

The third problem is that the single-payer plan, favored by up to 76 percent of Americans surveyed, is not being considered.

Single payer is an expanded version of Medicare for all. Here are the facts about this option: much less cost, covers everyone, same doctors, same hospitals, full drug coverage, wellness-friendly, no coverage gaps, no co-pays, no co-insurance, no exclusions, no deductibles, no lifetime caps, no sneaky traps, no job enslavement for health insurance. It's the only financially viable plan. Plans now on the table nibble at the $1 trillion level.

Visit http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_resources.php

It is not just at the national level that these benefits could be achieved. SB400 and HB1660 would establish a single-payer system in Pennsylvania to cover everyone at less cost to individuals and businesses. Visit www.healthcare4allpa.org for more

When policies were proposed to President Franklin Roosevelt during the Depression, he would say, "That sounds good. Make me do it."

So also now. Gov. Ed Rendell has said he would welcome either of the Pennsylvania bills if they came before him; Obama has also said single-payer works well where it is in place.

Supporters of a single-payer plan are part of a strong majority in the country. We must insist that our national and state legislators respond to the will of this majority. If enough speak up, the majority will rule.

John Rose
Lickdale

Read the article on the Lebanon Daily News website by clicking here.

CHECK OUT OUR "EVENTS" PAGE AND OUR NEW CALENDAR!
July 9

Click here to check out the new HealthCare4ALLPA events calendar!

HEALTHCARE4ALLPA LETTER TO THE EDITOR - THE CITIZENS VOICE, WILKES-BARRE, PA
July 7

HealthCare4ALLPA State Co-chair Cindy Purvis (Erie, PA) had a letter to the editor published in the July 2nd, 2009 edition of the Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice.

State health care solution is PA House Bill 1660

Adult Basic is a health insurance program run by the Commonwealth for adults who do not receive coverage through their employer, make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but who are unable to afford to purchase insurance on their own.

Currently there are about 46,000 adults on this program.

At the end of last year the waiting list had grown to 145,000.

At the end of May it had swelled to 255,289.

Pennsylvania Representative Todd Eachus, Majority Floor Leader, represents Luzerne County. He worked hard to get House Bill 1 passed in the Pennsylvania General Assembly which would have added another 130,000 to the roles of Adult Basic. The bill is not expected to be passed in the Senate due to the cost.

Too bad that Representative Eachus does not support House Bill 1660. Not only will this legislation give comprehensive health care to every Pennsylvanian, it will save taxpayers in our commonwealth billions.

Just to give an example, Luzerne County municipalities and school districts will save a combined total of $45,104,198 on employee costs while every citizen of Luzerne County would have comprehensive health care.

Under HB 1660 there would be no co-pays and no deductibles.

When is the majority leader in the House going to look around and back true health care reform?

Who is he supporting if not the working people of Luzerne County?

We don't need representatives who want to slash programs and raise taxes; we need leaders who can work for our best interests.

Cindy Purvis

Erie
Click here to visit the Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice

CHECK OUT OUR NEWLY UPDATED BROCHURE
July 6

Click here to open the brochure in a new window.

CHUCK PENNACCHIO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HEALTHCARE4ALLPA IS FEATURED ON THE UNION EDGE TALK RADIO
July 2

Chuck Pennacchio is the featured guest on the July 2, 2009 broadcast of The Union Edge, a daily talk show hosted by Charles Showalter that deals with issues affecting working families.

Click here to visit The Union Edge.

Click here to listen to Chuck's appearance on The Union Edge on June 12, following the HealthCare4ALLPA Rally in Harrisburg, PA

BATTLE FOR HEALTHCARE IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT
July 1

Like a flower blooming in time lapse photography, Allen Minch’s sequenced photographs of the June 11 single-payer (PA Family and Business Health Care Security Act - HB1660/SB400) rally at the Capitol rotunda showed the blossom of a movement. After the initial trickle of supporters, carloads and busloads arrived filling the ground floor surrounding the steps, spilling up the steps and into the balcony. What the pictures don’t reveal is the loud clamor of citizens eager to raise their voices in support of an idea whose time has come.

The folk strains of Anne Feeney and the hard-hitting, gritty, in-your-face rock of Mike Stout opened the event and set the tone for the tumultuous outpouring of support.

As we reported last month, shouts of "Single-Payer Now!" rose to the rooftop and echoed through the halls of the Pennsylvania Legislature. The energy and enthusiasm of the more than 400 who traveled to the Capitol from all corners of the state were absolutely contagious.

Musician Mike Stout wears many hats. The entertainer is also a businessman and union member. He offers the following observations on the rally. "The crowd was fired up, militant, and ready for more action down the road…Our movement at that moment was a fist instead of a bunch of limp fingers. Organizers and speaker after speaker announced their intention to come back in the fall with 3, 5, or 10 times as many people. This is what will grab the attention of our elected representatives and unglue their ears and pockets from the insurance and big Pharma lobbyists."

An assortment of speakers representing a variety of constituencies addressed the gathering. They all remarked on how impressed they were with the enormous and enthusiastic crowd and agreed that the health insurance industry is largely responsible for our current crisis.
Click here to read the rest of the story at Commonsense2.

SQUIDOO LENS ABOUT HEALTHCARE REFORM
June 19

Check out this page (a lens on Squidoo) that is jam packed with information about the Single Payer Solution in PA

You can also read a blog post about the June 11 HealthCare4ALLPA rally in Harrisburg PA by clicking here

WEST READING COUNCIL BACKS SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
June 18

Faced with the prospects of rising health care costs, West Reading Borough Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to support a single-payer system.

The move is symbolic, but backers hope it will get the attention of lawmakers in Harrisburg.

Health care costs are eating up a significant portion of municipal budgets, said Councilman Michael W. Morrill, a proponent of health care reform.

Businesses also are faced with skyrocketing costs to provide insurance for their workers, he said.

Bills before the state House and Senate would institute a single-payer system funded through a 3 percent personal-income tax and a 10 percent payroll tax for municipalities and businesses, Morrill said.

That would provide significant savings and better coverage than private insurance, he said.

"We need to take this issue into our own hands and ask ourselves how can Pennsylvania provide better coverage for everyone with lower costs," he said.

Michael Doyle voted against the measure without comment. James Gallen and Philip Wert were absent.

West Reading pays more than $400,000 a year for health insurance, about 22 percent of its budget, Morrill said. A single-payer system would cost the borough about $193,000 a year, he said.

Morrill invited Ron Stouffer and Rosie Skomitz, volunteers with Health Care 4 All PA, to the meeting to explain the advantages of a single-payer system.

Stouffer said money from payroll and personal-income taxes would be put into a state fund to pay doctors and health care providers. In most cases, Pennsylvanians' access to health care would greatly improve, he said.

Contact Darrin Youker: 610-371-5032 or dyouker@readingeagle.com.
The full article can be found by clicking here.
Click here to view the West Reading Council Resolution supporting HB1660 and SB400

DR. WALTER TSOU, MD, MPH, AND HEALTHCARE4ALLPA BOARD MEMBER TESTIFIES TO CONGRESS ABOUT THE SINGLE PAYER OPTION
June 18

SLIDESHOW OF JUNE 11 HEALTHCARE4ALLPA RALLY IN HARRISBURG PA
June 18

CHUCK PENNACCHIO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HEALTHCARE4ALLPA IS FEATURED ON SMART TALK - WITF FM
June 17

WITF FM (89.5 FM amd 93.3 FM, serving the Susquehanna Valley in South Central Pennsylvania) featured Chuck Pennacchio, Ph.D on Tuesdat June 16 on its program Smart Talk. Listen to the full broadcast below. You can also visit the Smart Talk website for June 16, 2009 by clicking here.

BLUE RIDGE CABLE 11'S NICHELLE MCKELVEY REPORTS ON THE JUNE 11 HEALTHCARE4ALLPA RALLY IN HARRISBURG.
June 16

VIDEO FROM JUNE 11 RALLY IN HARRISBURG
June 16

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE RADIO SPOT
June 12

RALLY FOR SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE FOR ALL – HELP US FILL THE CAPITOL STEPS ON JUNE 11TH!!!

Healthcare for All PA, and a coalition of like-minded organizations that includes the Pa. AFL-CIO; Pa. Council of Churches; Pa. Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals (PASNAP); The American Medical Student Association (AMSA); Pa. League of Women Voters, and others invites you to join us in Harrisburg on Thursday, June 11 from 11AM to 12:30 PM for a RALLY FOR SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE FOR ALL on the Capitol Steps. Entertainment kicks off at 11 AM followed by speakers you won’t want to miss beginning at 11:30 AM. Speakers will include Donna Smith (star of Michael Moore’s "SiCKO"); Bill George (President of the Pa. AFL-CIO); Walter Tsou (nationally recognized expert and consultant on public healthcare reform and former Philadelphia Health Commissioner); Chuck Pennacchio (Executive Director of HealthCare For ALLPA and 2006 Primary candidate for the Pa. Democratic Senate race) and several more including some to be announced.

Help us spread the word far and wide. Let’s fill those Capitol steps and send a real message to the Legislature and the media that we are a mass movement that wants real healthcare for all NOW!! EVERYBODY IN. NOBODY OUT!

Click here for rally flyer, click here for Harrisburg driving and parking directions, and click here for bus and rail service.

Email action@healthcare4allpa.org with questions, need a ride, or have room for passengers.

Taking on the Big Boys, Taking Back Our Health Care System
The savings the taxpayers in each county of Pennsylvania will see under the passage of the Family and Business Health Security Act are listed here.

Healthcare for All Pennsylvania is proud to announce the launching of our 'Print-and-Post' flier campaign to spread the good word about the only proven answer to our healthcare crisis: the Single Payer Solution. SO GO WILD! Print-and-then-Post wherever you work, play, and socialize. Click here for your copy of our flier.

BLUE RIDGE CABLE 11'S NICHELLE MCKELVEY REPORTS ON THE JUNE 11 HEALTHCARE4ALLPA RALLY IN HARRISBURG.
June 16

VIDEO FROM JUNE 11 RALLY IN HARRISBURG
June 16

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE RADIO SPOT
June 12

RALLY FOR SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE FOR ALL – HELP US FILL THE CAPITOL STEPS ON JUNE 11TH!!!

Healthcare for All PA, and a coalition of like-minded organizations that includes the Pa. AFL-CIO; Pa. Council of Churches; Pa. Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals (PASNAP); The American Medical Student Association (AMSA); Pa. League of Women Voters, and others invites you to join us in Harrisburg on Thursday, June 11 from 11AM to 12:30 PM for a RALLY FOR SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE FOR ALL on the Capitol Steps. Entertainment kicks off at 11 AM followed by speakers you won’t want to miss beginning at 11:30 AM. Speakers will include Donna Smith (star of Michael Moore’s "SiCKO"); Bill George (President of the Pa. AFL-CIO); Walter Tsou (nationally recognized expert and consultant on public healthcare reform and former Philadelphia Health Commissioner); Chuck Pennacchio (Executive Director of HealthCare For ALLPA and 2006 Primary candidate for the Pa. Democratic Senate race) and several more including some to be announced.

Help us spread the word far and wide. Let’s fill those Capitol steps and send a real message to the Legislature and the media that we are a mass movement that wants real healthcare for all NOW!! EVERYBODY IN. NOBODY OUT!

Click here for rally flyer, click here for Harrisburg driving and parking directions, and click here for bus and rail service.

Email action@healthcare4allpa.org with questions, need a ride, or have room for passengers.

Taking on the Big Boys, Taking Back Our Health Care System
The savings the taxpayers in each county of Pennsylvania will see under the passage of the Family and Business Health Security Act are listed here.

Healthcare for All Pennsylvania is proud to announce the launching of our 'Print-and-Post' flier campaign to spread the good word about the only proven answer to our healthcare crisis: the Single Payer Solution. SO GO WILD! Print-and-then-Post wherever you work, play, and socialize. Click here for your copy of our flier.

CALL TO ACTION - Healthcare for All Pennsylvania/Pennsylvanians United for Single Payer Healthcare Organizing Summit: "Winning Passage of HB 1660/SB 400 AND hr 676 in 2009"
When: Saturday, March 28, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Audience: All are Welcome
Where: 2210 Doherty Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Presenters: Donna Smith (CA Nurses Assn. and PDA), Celeste Taylor (Black and White Reunion), local/regional/statewide organizers, and YOU
Cost: None -- though contributions are welcome
RSVP: Mary Pat Donegan, drdoneagain@yahoo.com

Healthcare for All Pennsylvania Public Hearing on HB 1660
When: Wednesday, March 18, 8:45 a.m.-10 a.m.
Audience: Pennsylvania Rural Healthcare Caucus (per invitation of Caucus Chair/Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, Republican, Centre County) and, YES, it is OPEN to the PUBLIC and MEDIA
Where: Irvis 302, State Capitol Bldg., Harrisburg, PA 17120
Testifiers: Dr. Bill Davidson (physician), Kate Loving Shenk (nurse), Alan Jacobs (business leader), Janice Horn (League of Women Voters), Wes Fisher (medical student), Chuck Pennacchio (Healthcare for All Pennsylvania)
More Info: Chuck Pennacchio, cpennacchio@gmail.com 215.828.5055; Pedro Rodriguez, pedroa.rodriguez@comcast.net, 215.300.5902

Inaugural Day, January 20, 2009
Even the cynics are smiling today. So take lots of pictures, whether you're on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (as are my wife and kids), or whether you'll be watching history unfold on a television or computer screen at noon EST. This is Day One of a presidency that succeeds (or fails), based primarily on what each of us is willing to do. Anticipation has never been so high. So be prepared to "step up" your own role and responsibility. (more)

Norman Solomon to headline December 6th Pennsylvania "Call to Action" Health Care for All Convention
Healthcare for All Pennsylvania is proud to announce that nationally-known media critic and Single Payer Solution leader on California's SB 840 and Congress' HR 676, Norman Solomon, will speak at our one-day convention in Harrisburg, 10 a.m.-3 p.m, Saturday, December 6th (schedule | flyer)

Chuck Pennacchio to Speak to PDA Virginia
Chuck Pennacchio, PhD, Executive Director of Health Care for All PA, will speak to Progressive Democrats of America, Virginia branch on Sunday, Dec. 7th from 3-5pm concerning Single Payer Universal Healthcare. (more)

Chuck Pennacchio to Speak at Health Care Reform Meeting in Colorado
Representative K. Jerry Frangas' Task Force on the Study of Health Care for Vulnerable Populations will be holding a hearing on health care reform on Dec. 3rd. (more)

Health Insurance Calculator
October 30
An easy way to estimate how the Family and Business Health Security Act will affect your bottom line (Excel file). (more)

Health Care Debate - 11/01/08: Single Payer Health Insurance
October 27
The public is invited to attend a political debate on health care to examine the following proposition: "Resolved: That the United States convert the financing of all health care to a publicly financed, privately delivered, single payer insurance plan; that the benefits of the proposed plan include all necessary medical procedures and that coverage be universal for all people currently receiving health care in the U.S." This is scheduled for 8:00 AM on 11/1 at the Hometown Family Restaurant on Route 422 in Palmyra. A family style breakfast will be offered for a price of $10.00 for members and $12.50 for non-members. RSVP by 10/29. (more)

Big Saturday Press Conference: Promoting "Guaranteed Healthcare for All"
August 7
Healthcare for All Pennsylvania is co-sponsoring a press conference in Pittsburgh this Saturday morning, along with Congressman John Conyers, Pennsylvania State Senator Jim Ferlo, and Progressive Democrats of America to advance "Guaranteed Healthcare for All" amendment language be added to the Democratic Party Platform.

(For the record, Healthcare for All Pennsylvania, a non-partisan organization, will be promoting the same amendment language in the run-up to the Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities.) (more)

July 2008 Pennsylvania Single Payer Legislative and Campaign Update
July 31
Healthcare for All Pennsylvania...ah, yes, Pennsylvania, where publicly-funded/privately-provided (single payer) House Bill 1660 and Senate Bill 400 have both the Signature-Guarantee of the Only Chief Executive in the Nation, Governor Ed Rendell, and the Funding Mechanism Built Right into the Legislation. (more)

Our Statement On The 43rd Birthday Of Medicare
July 30th
Note: this accompanied the birthday cupcakes we presented to all 253 PA House and Senate members this afternoon. Who says lobbying isn't fun?

Today we celebrate the 43rd birthday of Medicare. When President Johnson signed Medicare into law on July 30, 1965, little did he know that Medicare, a single-payer, publicly financed, privately delivered health care plan for citizens age 65 and older would become the most successful and popular initiative in our nation's history! Medicare has fulfilled the promise of guaranteeing quality health care security for America's seniors. (more)

Thousands In PA Declare: "Healthcare, Yes; Health Insurance, No"
June 19th
In an unprecedented show of citizen unity across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, physicians, nurses, medical students, business owners, union members, religious leaders, and legislators demanded an end to profit-first Health Insurance Company rip-offs of thirty (30) cents on every healthcare dollar, and a new beginning with patient-first Single Payer [publicly-funded, privately-provided] efficiency of three (3) cents overhead -- while guaranteeing quality, comprehensive, affordable, healthcare for all. Such a proposal is embodied in PA House Bill 1660 and Senate Bill 330, and Congressional House Resolution 676. (more)

Become A Member of Healthcare For All Pennsylvania!
June 16th
You have a unique opportunity to be a part of history. You can be part of the solution. You can become a member of one of the largest grassroots, citizen-led movements in the history of the Commonwealth. You can help pass the Family and Business Healthcare Security Act, House Bill (HB) 1660 and Senate Bill (SB) 400, which would provide quality, comprehensive, universal healthcare for each and every citizen of Pennsylvania. (more)

Report: 42% of Adult Americans Uninsured/Underinsured In 2007
June 12th
June 10, The Commonwealth Fund released a report exposing how the chronic insecurity built in to the American healthcare system is racing up the economic ladder. Rates of underinsurance have tripled for workers with incomes over $40,000. Overall, the report tracked a breathtaking 60 percent increase in the number of underinsured working age adults in just four years. This means that about 42 percent of adults between 19 and 64 -- 75 million Americans -- were either underinsured or had no insurance in 2007. Read the full report here, some good quotes from the authors here. Do something about it here or here.

Why We're Already Winning On The Single Payer Solution
June 11th
People ask me all the time: "How are we ever going to beat these health insurance giants?" One word: HUBRIS. The profit-first health insurers our our best ally in defeating the profit-first health insurers. Let me explain. (more)

Leading The Nation June 19: PA Rallies Against Insurance Industry
June 10th
America's healthcare insurance industry is slowly eroding our welfare; killing, injuring, bankrupting, and rationing all in the name of the free market. June 19th, twenty cities across the US are hosts to protests against this toxic situation. We're promoting instead a rational, civilized single payer option. Pennsylvania, leading the way, is host to five of these rallies in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Philadelphia, and Wilkes Barre. Come out, join nurses, doctors, patients and Americans of every stripe as we protest in memory of the countless victims of the insurance industry. We're timing the events to coincide with the annual health insurance lobbyist convention (AHIP, with 38,000 attendees) in San Francisco. It's going to be an afternoon to remember, so head to the rally near you and make some life-saving noise.

What All Of Us Must Do To Solve This Crisis
June 1st
(An op-ed from our friend Linda Beckman) In early May at the main branch of the Philadelphia Free Library I attended a forum  on our healthcare crisis. The panelists advocated two different responses. Most  spoke in favor of Rendell's Pennsylvania ABC while only Walter Tsou, former Commissioner of Health for Philadelphia, spoke on behalf of HR 676 and HB 1660/SB 400, single payer bills in Congress and in the Pennsylvania state legislature. Yet all indicated a preference for a single payer system as a solution. (more)

Sick Around The World - Why Healthcare Works Everywhere Else
April 14th
Tuesday, the PBS series Frontline presents Sick Around The World, a survey of how the rest of the civilized world does healthcare. It's worth watching if only to understand that there are real, viable options to the American model, options that actually make citizens healthy and (gasp!) satisfied with their healthcare insurance. It's a message of hope for all of us. Find it here, then invite someone to watch with you.

CBS News/NYT Poll: Healthcare Concerns On The Rise
April 4th
Lest you thought you were alone in worrying about healthcare, a new CBS/New York Times poll shows Americans' concerns over health care costs are at their highest levels in many years. Just two of the findings:
86% are concerned about the future cost of healthcare; 59% very concerned.
71% are concerned about the current cost of healthcare; 42% very concerned.
Read the full summary here.

The Big Question - And Where PA Voters Stand On It
April 2
The latest Quinnipiac University poll reinforces what we all know as Americans: the role of our government is to promote the common good -- especially when it comes to healthcare. In a large poll designed to track presidential preferences in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Ohio, one question stands out:
Do you think it's the government's responsibility to make sure that everyone in the United States has adequate health-care, or don't you think so?
An overwhelming 65% of PA voters said "Yes," across party affiliation, race, and gender. Florida and Ohio voters responded 64% and 62% respectively. To all those still advocating market forces as the sole guiding principle for healthcare reform in PA, we say single-payer is the true American way -- and what most Pennsylvanians want. It's worth reminding your elected officials of this fact.

New Study: Most Doctors Support National Health Insurance
March 31
Published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, this new report points to what may be a tipping point in support for such an approach within the medical profession. 59% of surveyed physicians support national health insurance, up 10% from 2002. Read PNHP's release on the survey here. We believe national health insurance will begin at the state level with initiatives like The Family And Business Healthcare Security Act (SB 400 and HB1660).

Pa. AFL-CIO, League of Women Voters Endorse Single Payer Bill
March 19
The Pennsylvania House Health and Human Services Committee, Chaired by Representatives Frank Oliver (Democrat) and George Kenney (Republican) held a hearing on House Bill 1660, The Family and Business Healthcare Security Act, which covers all Pennsylvanians at lower cost to business.

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Bill George testified early in the day, saying "It is a pleasure for me to testify in strong support of House Bill 1660, known as the Family and Business Healthcare Security Act, on behalf of the Pennsylvania 900,000 affiliate union members in the Commonwealth."

The bill was also endorsed by the League of Women Voters, represented by Janice Horn, who spoke to a packed room of over 150 people in the Capitol this morning. The bill would replace the current healthcare payment system, which has become unsustainably costly. (read more)

Testifying To Pennsylvania's Health Crisis: Two Citizens Speak Out
March 17
We hope you'll be able to join us Wednesday the 19th in Harrisburg, when rational and fair single payer health care reform gets its first-ever hearing in the State House (see below for details). If not, here is an advance sample of just some of the testimony the Health and Human Services Committee will hear. Robert Mason and Dr. William Davidson give us the benefit of their decades of experience on the front lines of Pennsylvania's crumbling health system, breaking out the problems and offering solutions. Read Mason's testimony here, Davidson's here.

Support Your True Reform Candidates - Educate The Rest
February 11
If your elected representative or candidate for state office is not on our list, the chances are good they do not support single payer health care for Pennsylvania. They might support health care reform in the abstract, but they don't come down on either side of the issue: allegedly "practical" insurance-driven schemes versus true single-payer legislation. Some are afraid of getting behind "socialized medicine," which only shows a profound lack of understanding. Regardless of why they equivocate, these people need an education -- and you can help deliver it. (read more)

Accept No Substitutes: Single Payer Means Single Payer
February 3
In this important election season, the men and women vying for your votes want you to know they're on your side. They know health care is at or near the top of your list, so their messages are full of agreeable buzz-words like "universal coverage" or "healthcare for all." Don't be fooled. Many of these candidates are offering recycled versions of the failed policies that brought us our current healthcare morass. (read more)

A Tale of Two Representatives: Healthcare and Harrisburg
January 30
Okay -- imagine yourself sitting down for a scheduled meeting with a self-described "Liberal Democrat" (LD) and then later bumping into a self-described "Libertarian Republican" (LR) -- both of whom energetically discuss the "Family and Business Healthcare Security" with you for 30 minutes in Pennsylvania's state capitol building.

Early in the appointed conversation with the LD you find yourself confronted with the following emphatic comment: "I know how things work up here, and you'll never pass your single-payer legislation in this state! No chance. No way." (read more)

How Bad Can It Get? Ask A Doctor.
January 17
We got an interesting letter last week from a friend who works in a physician's office. She sent us a fascinating real-world timeline showing exactly how much time and effort gets wasted untangling insurance requirements for a single patient visit. Four months and more than four and a half hours of staff time later, they're still trying to straighten it out. Patients aren't the only ones suffering under the current health insurance system. Read all about it here.

Amnesty for Insurers: A Business Owner's Perspective
January 16
Alan Jacobs is the owner of the much loved Isaac's Deli chain, which employs 700 people. He was also a featured speaker at our January 12 conference in Lancaster. His perspective, as business owner and advocate of single payer health care, is not often heard within the movement. In his letter, Alan urges all of us to go after the true source of today's healthcare calamity rather than point fingers. Read (and respond to) his positive and enlightening contribution here.

Convention Message: 'Citizens Must Lead on Single-Payer'
January 14
In a blunt and forthright message to more than 200-plus Pennsylvania single-payer healthcare leaders gathered in Lancaster on Saturday, Representative Kathy Manderino called for a "massive citizens movement" to educate, organize, and mobilize support behind the "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act," a bill for which she is the primary sponsor in the State House (HB 1660) and for which Senator Jim Ferlo is the lead sponsor in the State Senate. Echoing and anticipating what members of a Business Panel, a Healthcare Providers Panel, and colleagues on a Legislators Panel said during the three hour meeting, Manderino added that single-payer legislation is "not going to pass overnight." Read the complete report.
June Healthcare Days
June 8th
For the entire month of June, Healthcare for All Pennsylvania (that's us!) is devoting our energies and resources to acquiring State House support for a $100,000 economic impact study (EIS) focused on the many features and anticipated effects of House Bill 1660, the "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act." Because this is "budget month" in Harrisburg, we will be lobbying House Members to approve this special EIS funding. So stay tuned -- and get active: pick up your own lobbying kit and pointers here. Or attend a rally June 19.

Keeping The Holy Grail Safely Out Of Sight
May 4th
Observers of the recent PA primary coverage might also have caught the public affairs show NOW that week, which featured our state's health care debate. When we learned NOW was to air such a segment just prior to the primary, many of us were elated. NOW has a reputation for excellent reporting, and some among us predicted valuable exposure for a grassroots single payer movement that is changing the health care debate. Surely, we thought, host David Brancaccio would at least touch on alternatives to the governor's for-profit reform approach. When NOW staff contacted us for information, we were justifiably thrilled at the possibilities. (more)

Worth Watching: "Unnatural Causes" Documentary Tonight on PBS
March 27
For four consecutive Thursday nights, PBS stations will broadcast Unnatural Causes, a documentary about the American way of health care. It addresses the fundamental issue of healthcare inequality that our PA House Bill 1660 and Senate Bill 300 take head on. The more you know, the more you're going to be convinced that "single-payer, guaranteed, comprehensive, quality, publicly-funded, privately-provided healthcare for all" (to quote our bill) is the only way to save our economy, repair the patient-provider relationship, and reduce unnecessary death and suffering. Look for it on your local PBS station here.

Campaign for State Single-Payer Health Care Bill Heats Up
January 18
This party's just getting started: PUSH (Pennsylvanians United for Single-Payer Healthcare) is now the official Pittsburgh area affiliate of Health Care for All PA. PUSH has been active on a broad front to get sane healthcare legislation passed in the Commonwealth, and now their efforts go into overdrive. If you're in the Pittsburgh area and want to learn more, contact PUSH here. They're doing great work.

Big Date To Remember: March 19th In Harrisburg
February 12
On Wednesday March 19, the Health and Human Services Committee will be holding a hearing on our "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" (HB 1660)! This is a critical step towards eventual passage of single payer legislation in PA and we need a big turnout. As soon as we have the specific time and location, we'll let you know. Need a ride? Let us know.
We're also planning on using one of those big mobile billboards to spread the message in Harrisburg that week. If you'd like to help us on that one, do it here. We're doing everything we can to overcome the media blackout on sane health care alternatives for PA - one hearing and one billboard at a time. See you there!
Another Year, Another Bait-and-Switch
January 6
This is a good time to review how the transfer of increasingly higher costs to consumers is actually built in to so-called health savings accounts, which some promote as an answer to America's health insurance crisis. Every January, the counter is reset for deductibles (which is the out-of-pocket expense that a patient must pay before the insurance company will start paying). This is one of the significant features of the high deductible plans offered by the the GOP in the health savings accounts. The premise is that the more one pays personally, then the lower the insurance premium because the carrier will have lower expenses. (more)

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying (Day #12): Just A Beginning
December 14
Day 12 is really just a beginning. A beginning, that is, of our "Seven Months to Single-Payer Success"... We have an extraordinary opportunity over the next half-year to improve dramatically not only Pennsylvania's healthcare delivery system but, by way of modeling, the nation's.

America's constitutionally-defined federalism means that each of 50 states can be the standard-bearer for reform, much as individual states have been policy-making laboratories across our 232 years of history. (read more)

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying Day #11
December 13
We did it! Thanks to you, we directly contacted all 203 Members of the State House in the last ten days regarding HB 1660, the "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" -- thanking those who are on board as co-sponsors, and asking those who are not yet on board to co-sponsor at this time. (Once again, we'll update our co-sponsorship list by early next week.) (read more)

Sign Our Action Letter And Help Change Pennsylvania
December 13
Here's an easy way to deliver some health care clarity to our representatives in Harrisburg. Help them understand why HB1660 is the best, most comprehensive plan to fix our healthcare crisis. Sign and return our Action Letter, customized with your own words if you like, and we'll carry it to the General Assembly on your behalf. Make yourself heard!

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying Day #10
December 12
We've now directly contacted 187 Members of the House regarding HB 1660, the "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" -- thanking those who are on board as co-sponsors, and asking those who are not yet on board to co-sponsor at this time. (Again, we'll update our co-sponsorship list by early next week.)

Yesterday, four more Members pledged to sign on to House Bill 1660. Keep up the great work!

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying Day #9
December 11
We've now directly contacted more than 100 Members of the House regarding HB 1660, the "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" -- thanking those who are on board as co-sponsors, and asking those who are not yet on board to co-sponsor at this time. We'll update our co-sponsorship list by early next week.

For now, several Members have indicated a willingness to sign on while everyone else we've talked seems to recognize the powerful economic, moral, and democratic foundations of the Manderino-Ferlo legislation.

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying Day #8
December 10
If you haven't done so already, please contact these Members of the Health and Human Services Committee of the House of Representatives. Tell them you appreciate their co-sponsorship of House Bill 1660, the "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" and also their pushing for hearings on HB 1660 at the earliest possible moment.

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying Day #7
December 9
Let's review our recent history.

First, our opponents ignored us (13-11 months ago). Next, our opponents laughed at us (11-9 months ago). Then, our opponents attacked us (9 months ago until last week). Finally, our opponents are imitating us (beginning this week). This week's development, of course, is a sure sign that we're closing in on victory. My prediction? "Six - Seven Months to Single-Payer Success." But it all hinges on each and every one of us engaging this effort now...

Again, if you can make it to Harrisburg on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday morning, Dec. 10-12, let me know. In the meantime, keep working the phones, emails, petitions, donations, etc.

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying Day #6
December 8
After one week of intensive lobbying on our single-payer legislation, I can say with confidence that we have a 50-50 chance of winning in the next six-to-seven months. The dynamics are fluid and they favor a citizen movement such as ours...like never before. Take action now!

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying Day #5
December 7
The State House spent much of this week going bonkers over the gun control issue (walkouts, threats, bitter partisanship and factionalization) and it looks like the Governor has halted his effort to push temporary MCare funding into the broken Medical-Industrial-Complex. (read more)

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying Day #4
December 6
More good news! Harrisburg is abuzz with legislators discussing the "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" (HB 1660 and SB 300). Our citizen lobbyists spoke directly with a combined 64 House Members and Support Staff yesterday. In one episode, I visited a Republican legislator's office (name withheld for reasons of political sensitivity). Without my prompting -- and as I was moving on to other Members' Support Staff in the suite of offices -- the Aide called the Member on the House floor. (read more)

Legislative Alert: Governor Trying To Move "No Insurance Company Left Behind"
December 6
Governor Ed Rendell is pulling out all the stops to ram through a health care bill (HB 2005) with the deceptive and dishonest label, “Cover all Pennsylvanians.” Even the governor's spokespeople admit his bill may only extend [minimal] insurance coverage to 400,000 of Pennsylvania’s at least 1.4 million uninsured. It will do absolutely zero for Pennsylvania’s millions of underinsured. A better name for Rendell's HB 2005 is "No Insurance Company Left Behind."

Our governor recently managed to come up with partial funding for his program, which he hopes will help him finesse it past the legislature. E-mails going out today from surrogate groups are aimed at helping him pull it off.

Don’t be fooled. The Family and Business Healthcare Security Act (SB 300 and HB 1660) is the only bill that will bring comprehensive, affordable health care to every man, woman and child in Pennsylvania. We need to act now if we are to pass single-payer health care in Pennsylvania. The Rendell plan will leave the corrupt and greedy for-profit insurance companies in charge while leaving millions on Pennsylvanians uninsured or underinsured.

12 Days of Single-Payer Lobbying Day #3: Join Us In Harrisburg
December 5
More good news! The American College of Physicians and Surgeons just endorsed single-payer. And our new brochure is ready for publication. Keep up the effort -- letters, calls, petitions, contributions -- and spread the word. With 65% of public opinion behind us, citizen voices are going to carry the day. See you in Harrisburg (today, next Monday, and next Wednesday) and along the campaign trail.

Robert Reich Supports Single Payer Universal Health Care In PA
November 29
Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary under President Clinton, today announced to a national radio audience that he supports single payer health care (HB1660-see the legislation) in Pennsylvania. Mr. Reich, who is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkely, was responding to a question from our own Chuck Pennacchio on the nationally syndicated public radio program, Radio Times. His endorsement capped a wide ranging discussion on the challenges facing American households after years of policy neglect at the state and national levels. You can read our excerpt here.

HB1660: Remember That Number -- It Stands for Revolution In Pennsylvania
June 28, Harrisburg
At around nine o'clock this morning, our efforts and those of many others bore fruit in a momentous step towards the establishment of a fair universal health care system in Pennsylvania. House Bill 1660 was formally introduced today. This, along with sb400 in the Senate, means The Family And Business Healthcare Security Act can finally advance towards becoming law.

Our thanks especially go to Representative Kathy Manderino of District 194 and the bill's 31 sponsors. She and her colleagues had the courage and common sense to see that it is past time for reforming our broken health care system, and that the two other proposals before them would, if anything, make our current situation worse.

While this is surely a time to celebrate, we must not lose sight of the fact that this is just the start of a tough campaign. Entrenched and well-funded interests will attempt to derail this victory. Allied industries will sow doubt and fear about "government-run" health care and rationing. Some lawmakers will vacillate, others will try to sabotage the legislation. The game ahead won't be easy, but we are at last on the field.

FEATURES
Report: 280,831 Uninsured Children in Pennsylvania
When Families USA released its state-by-state review of the federal SCHIP program, the big news was how much higher they estimated the number of children living in uninsured families than our own State Dept. Of Insurance, which reports just 133,600. One can dispute the numbers, but not the fact that an unacceptably high number of PA's children live at risk. Read the full report in PDF form here. Share this with your legislators here.

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