Complete list of tomorrow’s demonstrations:

Atlanta, GA

Location: Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Time: 3 pm to 5:30 pm

Contact: Margie Rece (msrece [@] yahoo [.] com)

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St. Louis, MO

Location: Milles Fountain located between Market Street and Chestnut Street across from Union Station

Time: 11:45 am

Contact: Julia Lamborne (Julia0409 [@] aol [.] com)

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Albany, NY

Location: 90 State Street (in front of NY Health Plan Association Office)

Time: 5 pm

Contact: Mike Keenan (mikekeenan [@] pefencon [.] info)

More Info: www.singlepayernow.net  Read more 

June 19
Location: Washington Park at the corner of Broad Street and Washington Street

Time: 12 pm to 1:30 pm

Contact: Ray Stever (rayiuc [@] aol [.] com)
Ray Stever on the Iraq War and H.R. 676

Let’s show Frank Pallone how many New Jersey voters want single payer.

Single Payer Universal Health Care

It drives me a little insane that people try to argue against this. The whole concept of insurance is that you spread risk over a large pool. What’s larger than everybody?

We are such idiots in this country when it comes to sharing. “Why should I pay if you get sick?!” Duh. Well why should I pay if your house is burning? Why don’t you pull yourself up by your bootstraps and hire your own private fire fighters?

Senator Kuehl says LAO confirms single payer healthcare reduces spending, contains growth  Read more 

Community Unites to Tell Health Insurance Industy: Health Care Yes, Insurance Companies No!

The June 19 rally will be the first organized mass expression of popular demand for high-quality, affordable health care directed by patients and doctors, not insurance profiteers.  Read more 

June 19 (that’s this Thursday) there will be a demonstration at the offices of the Humana Insurance Company in San Antonio, TX at 6 PM.

Contact: Jane Lee Cantu (janelee [@] satx.rr [.] com)

Health Care for all Texas

We are a grassroots coalition that believes health care is a human right. Every person in the state of Texas deserves access to high quality health care at an affordable cost.

Atrios on the subject of Social Security

One camp includes people like me who think the system is financially sound and it isn’t a pressing problem. More than that, no matter how fiscally sound it’s made to be long run, conservatives and the Right won’t stop trying to destroy it. Then there are the group of people who believe the system is something to worry about, at least a bit, and that the way to end the Social Security debate forever and destroy prevailing “IT’S DOOOMED” Beltway conventional wisdom is to put enough more money into the system so that’s 100% sound 4evah.  Read more 

After starring in “Sicko,” Hartland woman jumps on political stage

Now married and a dedicated public speaker, Adrian Campbell Montgomery, 26, is cancer-free and ready to make her first longshot foray into politics.

She is running as a Democrat for Livingston County commissioner, challenging a Republican who has held the seat for 14 of the last 16 years. The area is considered heavily Republican.

Montgomery, a Hartland High School graduate, says her “Sicko” experience charged her to take action in her hometown. The district covers Hartland and Tyrone townships in northern Livingston County.  Read more 

June 19, Indianapolis, IN, Wellpoint

Contact is Cindy Calley: home [@] calleys[.]org

Check out: Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan

Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan is a group of Indiana citizens who support a publicly financed, privately delivered (single payer) universal health plan at the state and national level. HCHP is working to educate the public and the legislature about the benefits of a single payer plan. We are seeking individuals and groups who have an interest in helping achieve this goal.

June 19, National Day of Action for HR 676, Hartford, CT Aetna/Hartford, Contract: Lucille Rosenblatt, IIrosenblatt [@] comcast [.] net

Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care Web Site

Members of the Mighty Corrente Building who attend these events are encouraged to post about them. By this time next week we will be reflecting of the day’s events.

Terry McAuliffe to be Protested June 19th

AHIP, America’s Health Insurance Plans, decided downtown San Francisco would be a good place for the health insurance company lobbyists and executives to hold their convention. Not surprisingly, thousands of people will take to the streets at noon on June 19th at the Moscone center  Read more 

Gainesville, Florida— Contact: Mark Piotrowski, markp [@] floridalaborparty [.] org
2008 Alachua County Labor Party Calendar

Thurs., June 19 - National Day of Action Against Insurance Companies. In solidarity with the large anti-Insurance Company demonstrations being planned in San Francisco, ACLP will be joining with brothers and sisters in Jacksonville at BlueCross/Blue Shield.

KYHealthCare

On June 19, nurses, doctors, social workers, therapists, and other health care providers across the US will join with members of labor, business, and faith communities in support of patients and their families.

Thursday, June 19th
11:30 am to 12:30 pm

5th and Main in downtown Louisville
(in front of Humana headquarters)
(Map)

Speak out against health insurance companies
who place profits over patients.

Please be there!

contact: Kay Tillow, nursenpo [@] aol [.] com

Take Action on Health Care

The California Nurses Association is co-sponsoring a National Day of Action next Thursday, June 19, 2008.

Americans across the nation will demonstrate in favor of guaranteed healthcare and in protest of AHIP, America’s Health Insurance Plans — the insurance industry lobbyists who profit from pain. Their annual convention will be met by thousands of protestors onsite in San Francisco — 12 Noon, Moscone Center West, 4th @ Howard — and simultaneously in cities across the nation.  Read more 

June 19 - National Day of Protest Against Health Insurance Companies  Read more 

The Oklahoma City demonstration will take place in front of the offices of Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The contact is: Reggie Cervantes clipedwingangel [@] yahoo [.] com

Reggie Cervantes: Desperate for Health Care  Read more 

Except for Dennis Kucinich, none of the Presidential candidates proposed universal health care. All the rest offered various ways to extend health insurance.

Health insurance is not healthcare  Read more 

[New Yorkers! If any of you go to this, please tell us about it! And take pictures…]

6/7 SAT: ‘Healthcare is a Human Right‘ Outreach Day
That is tomorrow New Yorkers.

Healthcare-NOW! Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:16 PM
To: Commission Commission; Join Us; Local 299 Subject: [Fwd: **6/7 - Healthcare is a Human Right Outreach Day

& 6/13 - Next CAP Meeting]

Please help get the word out about the upcoming June 19th Protest!

** Saturday 6/7 - Healthcare is a Human Right Outreach Day  Read more 

June 19, 2008

HealthCare-Now and hundreds of other organizations is holding events nationwide, in as many as 18 cities, both celebrating the official end of slavery and challenging the corporate enslavement of our health care system. HealthCare-Now of other cities, counties, state governments and labor unions have endorsed and support HR 676, a national guaranteed health care system that will cover everybody without co-pays, deductibles, premiums, or denials.

Minnetonka, Stockholders meeting of United Health Care.
Contacts:
Joel Albers joelalbers [@] UHCAN [.] org
Ann Patterson, ann_p11 [@] yahoo [.] com
Joel Clemmer, joel [@] joelclemmer [.] org

Sick and tired of being sick and tired

I got to tell you the opportunity to take on the health insurance moguls head on sound not only like a good thing, but damn fun to boot. How many have suffered and died for no real reason except to line these bastards pockets?

You and I both know that we can’t count on the pols to do the job for us (hell they’ve been talking about universal health care since Truman). It never works that way. It takes mass action to get anything done in this country of ours.  Read more 

On June 19 join the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals at 12 noon for a protest outside the Philadelphia office of Cigna, the Pittsburgh office of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, and the Wilkes Barre offices of  Read more 

National Demonstrations against health insurance company denials and rejections of patients

Demonstrations will be held in front of the largest and wealthiest multi-billion dollar companies exposing and indicting their practices that have, so long, kept us from having a national health insurance plan with equality for all in this nation with no financial barriers to care.  Read more 

Between now and June 19, regular single payer blogging will be suspended in favor of blogging the June 19 National Day of Action.

Supporters of HR 676 will be gathering in demonstrations across the county. The post is about the demonstration in front of the annual convention of America’s Health Insurance Plans.

Demonstrators will gather at the Moscone West Convention Center on Thursday, June 19, at 12 noon. For complete information contact Bill Gallagher, bgallagher [ @ ] calnurses [.] org  Read more