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December 18, 2009: Rally to Support Senate Action on Health Care Reform Legislation
J. Owen Grundy Park, Exchange Place Pier, Jersey City, New Jersey
“Right now, the Senate is engaged in a mighty battle between the forces of change and hope, and the forces of the status quo that currently leaves over 46 million in America without health care, millions more under-insured, and the rest of us at the mercy of those who profit at the misfortune of the sick and the injured. The outcome of this fight is not yet known, but it will likely conclude within the next week.”
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November 12, 2009: Press Conference to salute the NYC Congressional Delegation “home team” who voted for the House health care reform bill
City Hall, New York
“Passage of H.R. 3962 was a historic event where a majority of members of the House of Representatives, including 12 from New York City, finally stood up against the vested special interests and the defenders of a clearly-dysfunctional status quo who time and time again have defeated efforts at health care reform over the past century. ”
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October 20, 2009: Press Conference to stand with President Obama for a Strong Public Option
Outside the Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center, New York
“The American people – by wide margins in many polls – strongly support a new public option. Mr. President, we New Yorkers and we Americans stand with you because you are standing with us -- we’ve got your back!”
Read the full statement here.
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September 22, 2009: MoveOn Protest against “BIG Insurance” and United Healthcare
Outside United Healthcare’s NYC office, One Penn Plaza, New York
“We are here today to call on our lawmakers to stop listening to BIG Insurance. We call on them to listen instead to the vast majority of New Yorkers and Americans who want REAL health care reform, including a strong public option.”
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August 29, 2009: Rally in Memory of Sen. Ted Kennedy and for Health Care Reform
Times Square, New York
“We stand here today in Times Square –thousands of New Yorkers-- to remember Senator Ted Kennedy and rededicate ourselves to ‘the cause of his life’: health care for all in America”
Read the full statement here.
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August 21, 2009: Press Conference in Support of a Strong Public Option
Ryan-Chelsea Community Health Center, New York City
“If you listen to the media this week, you'd think that the public option is already dead and off the table. All of us stand here to say nothing could be further from the truth.”
Read the full statement here.
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July 28, 2009: Press Conference Calling on Congress to Keep Moving Forward on Health Reform Legislation
City Hall, New York
“We are here today to demonstrate everyday New Yorkers’ support for politically-progressive health care reform legislation now being put forward in House of Representatives. Together we call on EVERY MEMBER of the New York City Congressional delegation to SUPPORT H.R. 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.”
Read the full statement here.
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June 9, 2009: Press Conference on the “Billionaire Coup d’etat” in the New York State Senate
State Capitol, Albany, NY
“Yesterday, we witnessed a “billionaire coup d’etat” here in Albany because a very rich man did not want to pay higher taxes needed to pay for, among other things, Medicaid and other public health insurance programs for uninsured New Yorkers. This coup, if successful, will stop a whole variety of vital bills that are coming to the fore in the closing days of this year’s legislative session from moving forward. Among these reforms is a bill proposed by Governor Paterson and Insurance Superintendent Dinallo to have the New York State Insurance Department approve all health insurance premium increases before they go into effect.”
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May 26, 2009: Press Conference on Campaign Finance Reform and Health Care in New York State
City Hall, New York
“New Yorkers are unnecessarily paying more for health insurance and for prescription drugs than we have to. We New Yorkers find ourselves in this predicament because of the inordinate influence of the insurance and drug industries on the New York State Legislature. This influence our state government would end with adoption of public financing of election campaigns here in New York. As we say in the health care movement, campaign finance reform IS health care reform.”
Read the full statement here.
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