Sit-In for Patients Not Profits at WellPoint, New York City
October 29, 2009 10 AM
Dear Single-Payer Supporters:
In two days, the next wave of the
Mobilization for Health Care for All begins.
After over 100 people have risked arrest across the country in sit-ins
in the last month, we are beginning to shift the debate about health
care reform in our country. Our actions have helped to put a spotlight
on the real problem - the insurance companies - and elevate the real
solution - Medicare for All. And they have demonstrated the real engine
of change: the determined, courageous action of everyday people willing
to put their bodies on the line to challenge injustice.
In NYC, we will be going to WellPoint's Manhattan offices. WellPoint's
former VP of Public Policy, Liz Fowler, is now known as the author of
the Senate Finance Committee health bill.* The
bill that funnels tax payer dollars to subsidize the private insurance
industry with no protection for the American people from care denials
and medical bankruptcy.
Scores of testimonials have been shared
about WellPoint's abusive practices against patients resulting in
denials and
deaths. Join us to shame WellPoint, and support those who are putting
their
bodies on the line to demand Medicare for All.
We need you! But you don't have to risk arrest to participate...
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
10am -
Sit-In for Patients Not Profits at WellPoint, ONE LIBERTY PLAZA
(BROADWAY and LIBERTY ST)
Take the 6 train to Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall
Join us to support the brave activists
sitting down so we can stand up
for our right to health care. You don't have to risk arrest at this
action. We need lots of support for a legal rally supporting the brave
activists sitting-in.
For footage of previous sit-ins, visit
www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org
Please spread the word to
friends, family, coworkers, members.
In common cause,
Healthcare-NOW!
www.healthcare-now.org
www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org
*
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/september/wellpoint_really_di.php
