March 28, 2008
Because we need to send a loud wake-up call to our state policymakers about the growing health care crisis affecting more and more of our citizens.
Even when confronted with a Families USA report that 4 West Virginians die each week because they lack health insurance (see below), there was no response by the Governor or other political leaders other than Jay Rockefeller.
Health care for all is within our reach if we can muster the public and political will to implement meaningful reforms. Sound far-fetched? We don't think so. Neither did the citizens and legislators in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont, where plans for universal coverage have already been approved. Neither do the people in Pennsylvania and Illinois, where similar plans are being actively considered.
Doing nothing is no longer an option. Won't you be a part of the effort to build political support for health care reform?
There will be an uninsured person providing insights to how difficult it is to be uninsured. Kenny Perdue, President of the AFL-CIO, Steve Roberts, President of the state Chamber of Commerce, Charlie Delauder, President of WVEA, and Betty Ireland, Secretary of State, have all agreed to speak. Cecil Roberts, President of the UMWA, and Rev. James Patterson, President of the Partnership of African American Churches have been invited to speak.
Sponsoring organizations include: Healthy Kids and Families Coalition, National Association of Social Workers West Virginia Chamber, Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wheeling - Charleston Catholic Diocese, United Steelworkers District 8, West Virginia AFL-CIO, West Virginia Black Medical Society, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, West Virginia Council of Churches, West Virginia Citizen Action Group, West Virginia Education Association, West Virginia Health Right, West Virginia Hospital Association, West Virginia Nurses Association, West Virginia Primary Care Association, and West Virginians for Affordable Health Care.
More info is available online at West Virginians for Affordable Health Care.
Thanks,
Jim McKay
Legislative Action Team for Children & Families
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