There are a few scenarios Congress can pursue at this stage in the health care battle and progressives in the House have a seat at the decision-making table. What are your questions for them as they continue their fight for real health care reform? Submit your original questions and/or vote for your favorites (you get 10 votes total) and we'll send them up to the Hill to be answered. Thanks for participating.
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19 votes
Pass Medicare for All using reconciliation & pay for it by taxing +500K/year
Bush got through everything he wanted - w/o a super majority. It's time to enact what we were promised in the campaign
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15 votes
Start over with incremental changes that can pass.
break up health care reform into manageable pieces and start passing them separately.
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12 votes
Revoke corporate charters of insurance companies
Insurance companies are the scourge of the earth and must be eliminated. Their greed has caused the current health care mess. Single payer is the only solution. It has proven effective in every other civilized country.
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11 votes
Ban lobbyists
Our elected representatives are showing they are more responsive to lobbyists and the insurance companies that fund their campaigns than to us, the people who elected them. Furthermore, though 50% of people identifying as Republicans support the public option, NOT ONE Republican has supported it... more
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11 votes
pass the public option. Limit reimbursements for medical supplies.
Medical providers pay exorbitant costs for medical supplies. Why should 2 tylenol cost $7.00? If we can't get a single payer system (and why was it never on the table?), then we need a LARGE public option to put downward pressure on the drug companies and all the other medical suppliers that fac... more
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11 votes
Health Care Legislation
We need this reform. We need to push it through.
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9 votes
Do you feel anything for your constituents that have no healthcare and need a public option?
There are too many citizens out there already with no healthcare. By not voting to pass the healthcare reform bill without this option not only are you letting them down, but those who can barely afford healthcare coverage now. Without the public option there will be no incentive or fear of rai... more
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9 votes
Forget the middle ground: Go for unity. Remember unity?
This deep division is new, and we can put it behind us. Remember when all but the most extreme Republicans, Democrats and others listened and had respect for each other?
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9 votes
remove all obstacles for states to pass single payer reforms
California has a well developed single payer option that will extend coverage and SAVE the state millions of dollars. Some of the proposals will restrict the ability of all states to enact PROPER health coverage. This is how the Canadian system evolved. Insurance company funded Representatives... more