Ocean State Action celebrates
2nd Annual Health Care Policy Heroes!
Please Join Us to Honor
State Representative Ray Sullivan,
SEIU 1199,
and Nancy St. Germain
Guest Speakers to include:
Margarida Jorge, National Field Director for Health Care for America Now (HCAN), formerly of SEIU, AFSCME,
and Missouri ProVote
Jeff Blum, Executive Director of USAction
Monday, June 21st, 2010, 6PM - 8PM
Local 121, Providence
Get your tickets here.
Tell Congress: Protect Consumers and Hold the Big Wall Street Banks Accountable!
Call Senator Jack Reed Toll Free TODAY at 1-866-544-7573.
Tell Senator Reed to support financial reform that holds big Wall Street Banks accountable.
Historic health reform has passed! The bill is a victory for the American people:
- Insurance companies can no longer deny care for pre-existing conditions, charge you more if you’re sick, cap your benefits, sell you junk insurance, or raise rates with impunity.
- For the first time, Members of Congress will get their health insurance from the same system regular Americans do.
- Small business and working families will security and stability knowing they can afford good health insurance that meets their needs.
- 32 million uninsured Americans will get affordable coverage, saving over 30,000 lives per year.
Read an op-ed from a Rhode Island emergency physician explaining why we need reform.
Now write your own!
- Health Care Policy Heroes
- Flat Tax Repeal
- Finance Reform
- Health Care Reform
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Our Principles for a Health Care System that Work for All Rhode Islanders
We call on our state and federal governments to enact reforms that promote the health of Americans, our small businesses and our communities by building a health care system that fulfills these principles:
Everyone In, No One Out: Our health insurance system should cover everyone. No one should be left behind.
Quality Coverage We Can Count On: Our insurance should deliver security by covering what we need, when we need it. No one should lose coverage when they get sick, change jobs or decide to start a new business.
Equitable: Everyone should have good health coverage, regardless of whether we run a small business or a Fortune 500 company.
Affordable : Our health care system needs fair, broad-based financing, and we need stable and predictable costs we can budget for. Everyone should contribute to health care costs based on their ability to pay.
Sustainable: The system must be efficient, focusing on prevention and wellness, including cost controls and incentives for improved health.
Accountable: The health care system should be transparent and accountable to the public. It should be designed to prioritize our health, not maximize industry profits.
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Visit the Rhode Island Policy Reporter at What Cheer! for up-to-date policy analysis and reports.
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