Get Involved
Request a Speaker
If you would like a representative from Heartland Healthcare for All to come speak to your business, religious group, class or civic organization, send us an email at heartlandhealthcareforall@gmail.com and we can organize a discussion of the issues surrounding health coverage in the United States for your group.
Lend Your Voice
Get started by reviewing the petition statement below (in bold text). If you agree, please include your full name, city and state, and profession (if applicable) and email us at heartlandhealthcareforall@gmail.com.
We will add your name to the list of signees so that we can show elected officals and other important decision-makers the level of popular support for a single-payer health care system.
If you want to take your level of involvement deeper, view the Voices for Health Care Online Dialogue web site. You can provide your opinion and thoughts on a wide range of health care issues.
Petition Statement:
The American economy is in crisis. However, the principles of the economy cannot improve without a strong, healthy workforce. In order for people to be able to work, they must be first be healthy enough to do so. As businesses tighten their belts and lay off workers we will continue to see an increase in the uninsured and underinsured populations, leading to increased health care costs and decreased worker productivity. The only solution is guaranteeing access to health care to all Americans that follows the principle: Everybody In, Nobody Out.
Such a health care system must guarantee the following principles:
1. Any health care program we implement must be portable and cover everyone.
2. Quality: The health care program must include high quality care that includes the following priorities: medically necessary care, preventive care, and proactive chronic care.
3. Cost: The health care program must be affordable to patients and have systems in place to sustainably control costs while maintaining quality care.
4. The program should include a single portable electronic medical record owned by the patient.
We believe the most effective way to implement all of these policies is through a single payer system. We support the principles of HR 676: Expanded and Improved Medicare for All.
If you agree with the above statement please send us an email at heartlandhealthcareforall@gmail.org. Make sure to include your full name, city and state.
Talk to Your Elected Officials
The best way to affect change is to make sure your representatives know how you feel. Below are some resources for how to inform them.
If you would like to use a sample letter to get started, you can find one here.
In Kansas:
Representative Lynn Jenkins (R) - 4th District
Rep. Jenkins is an incoming representative that has not yet pledged her support to HR676. Check back in January 2009, as we will post a link to her Congressional contact information when it becomes available.
Representative Dennis Moore (D) - 3rd District
Rep. Moore has not yet pledged his support to HR676. Let him know that single-payer health care should be a priority on his agenda.
Senator Sam Brownback (R)
Let him know that single-payer health care should be a priority on his agenda.
Senator Pat Roberts (R)
Let him know that single-payer health care should be a priority on his agenda.
In Missouri:
Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D) - 5th District
Rep. Cleaver, II has stated his support for HR676. Show your appreciation by sending him a message of thanks.
Representative Sam Graves (R) - 6th District
Rep. Graves has not yet pleged his support to HR676. Let him know that single-payer health care should be a priority on his agenda.
Representative Ike Skelton (D) - 4th District
Rep. Skelton has not yet pledged his support to HR676. Let him know that single-payer health care should be a priority on his agenda.
Senator Kit Bond (R)
Let him know that single-payer health care should be a priority on his agenda.
Senator Claire McCaskill (D)
Let her know that single-payer health care should be a priority on her agenda.
National:
President-elect Barack Obama has stated that he wants your input and ideas regarding our nation's most pressing challenges. Tell him that single-payer health care needs to be at the top of the list of issues.
Senator Edward Kennedy recently instructed the staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee to begin working on a comprehensive health care bill to be presented in the next Congress that convenes in early January. Let him know that single-payer health care, modeled after HR676 is our best hope for attaining equitable health care in the United States. Here is a letter template you can use.
Who Else Supports HR676?
You aren't alone in your desire to see equitable health care in the United States. View a list of organizations who have stated their support for a single-payer health coverage
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