CORE members: We need to write to our Congress(wo)men NOW to rescue HC for all

Alice Faryna, M.D. to Dave Parshall, March 19, 2009
Subject: lobby letter

Dave, here is a sample letter for CORE members to use as a template. The key points are to be brief and follow the structure of a personal story, a statement of the problem, a solution and the "ask".

Alice

Write a Letter to Your Member of Congress

Your members of Congress need to hear from you. They depend on you to educate them about what is happening in their district and what legislation is most important to their constituents. Writing a letter and making a follow-up phone call only takes a few minutes of your time, but it ensures that your representatives know how you want to be represented. Be sure to include all of your contact information so your member of Congress' office can reply.
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Note: There is no senate version of this bill at this time. All mail sent to congressional offices in Washington is now screened for anthrax, so we suggest you fax a copy of your handwritten letter to Congress, send them to the local district office, or contact your members of Congress via e-mail (which is still less effective than a handwritten letter). You can find all the necessary contact information for congressional offices on the website: www.results.org or www.spanohio.org.

Find your Congress(wo)man here.

From Dave Parshall, March 20, 2009

CORE members it is time to write to your State and Federal Congressional Representatives and Senators to support a single payer plan and true healthcare reform. This may be are only hope.

There is a group of supporters here in Ohio including educators, doctors and others trying to influence the Obama Administration. The Insurance lobby and Big Pharma are out in force to kill true healthcare reform and to make sure that Insurance companies continue to make your medical decisions for and your doctor. Their only goal is to continue to fleece Americans and American businesses---Profit.

Please copy this attachment as a template [template for writing Congressmen is posted above] for you to use to start a letter campaign. Several educators joined us on Thursday and shared this template with us for you to use. The CORE members approved this move on our part.

It is clear that a new version of HR 315 is all but dead in the waters even if is re-introduced. It is unlikely that it will be re-introduced anytime soon and we can’t wait. So let us make our voices head at all levels. We can’t wait for others to solve our problem.
Dave Parshall, Pres. CORE