Pushing For The Public Option

Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) has written a letter to Harry Reid — co-signed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) — stating, in part:

We respectfully ask that you bring for a vote before the full Senate a public health insurance option under budget reconciliation rules.

There are four fundamental reasons why we support this approach – its potential for billions of dollars in cost savings; the growing need to increase competition and lower costs for the consumer; the history of using reconciliation for significant pieces of health care legislation; and the continued public support for a public option.

• A Public Option Is an Important Tool for Restoring Fiscal Discipline...


• A Public Option Would Provide Americans with a Low-Cost Alternative and Improve Market Competitiveness...


• There is a history of using reconciliation for significant pieces of health care legislation...


• There is strong public support for a public option, across party lines...

So far, a total of 11 Senators and 119 House members have signed on.

Contact your Congress critters in the Senate and the House and push!

Push!

PUSH!