America can't wait

I received this email today, please add your name to the list, Thanks!!


Sue -

For the past ten years I've been a doctor in the President's home state. For ten years I have witnessed the flaws and risks of our healthcare system first hand.

This year I was honored to be named Hawaii's Physician of the Year, and I am dedicating that honor to the cause of real healthcare reform. I join the majority of doctors, and the majority of Americans, in demanding that Congress pass real healthcare reform, which must include a public option.

Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee finally voted out their bill for healthcare reform. Under pressure from the insurance industry, they passed a bill that removes the choice of a public insurance option. We can't allow Congress to give in to pressure from insurance industry lobbyists and pass a watered down bill. Without a public option, the bill is not a real reform.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is now responsible for merging the best parts of the Finance Committee bill with the best parts of Senator Kennedy's H.E.L.P. bill which DOES include the choice of a public option. We need to make sure Majority Leader Reid brings a bill with a public option to the floor of the Senate where Democratic Senators can pass it by majority vote.

It is critically important that Senator Reid and Congress hear our voices NOW. They need to know that the majority of Americans will not settle for anything less than real reform.

PLEASE JOIN ME AND ADD YOUR NAME RIGHT NOW

Now is the time when we can make an enormous difference.

This Monday, DFA members will deliver the America Can't Wait petition to every Senator in Congress -- including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid -- to make sure they get the message.

Nothing is as powerful as when we all stand up together as one voice and demand action.