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Health Care Reform Supporters Ending Congressional Recess With a Bang
Supporters of health insurance reform, fed up with the tasteless <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/02/wheelchair-bound-woman-sh_n_275472.html> , disrespectful <http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1377851.html> , disturbing <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1205999/Only-America-Gunman-waits-outside-town-hall-meeting-Obama--police-say-OK.html> and potentially illegal <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-insurers-reform3-2009sep03,0,2545747.story> behavior exhibited by the forces of status quo throughout the Congressional recess – behavior spotlighted again and again on an endless cable-news loop – have taken to the streets across the country this week to make sure their local media knows there’s nothing silent about this majority….
“Despite the increasingly passionate debate this summer, public backing for key individual elements of health reform remains steady. Substantial majorities continue to say they support individual reform components designed to expand coverage, including a public plan option (59%)” – Kaiser Family Foundation news release, August 20, 2009 <http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/kaiserpolls082009nr.cfm>
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_13257706
1,000-plus rally in Denver in favor of health care reform
Posted: 09/03/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT
By Joey Bunch
The Denver Post <mailto:[email protected]?subject=The%20Denver%20Post:%201,000-plus%20rally%20in%20Denver%20in%20favor%20of%20health%20care%20reform>
More than a thousand people gathered Wednesday at dusk on the banks of the South Platte River in Confluence Park to mourn the dead and kick up some dust in support of national health care reform.
"People need to wake up: This is not about politics and who's right or left," said Charles Smith of Denver, a self-proclaimed Republican who carried a sign in support of government-run health insurance because his wife has no insurance because of her epilepsy. "Too many people in this country, right and left, are suffering physically and financially to make this about Democrats and Republicans."
Israel Garcia, small-business coordinator for the liberal Colorado Progressive Action, told how his mother worked 35 years without insurance from her employer.
She died at 50, six weeks after she was diagnosed with a liver disorder.
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Mark Gormley of Thonton, front, and MoveOn members are in candlelight vigils for people suffering under our broken health care system at Confluence Park on Wednesday. Hyoung Chang/ The Denver Post (THE DENVER POST | HYOUNG CHANG)
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/02/copy/health_rally.ART_ART_09-02-09_A1_PNEUNJC.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
Health-care supporters rally
Backers try to counter raucous town-hall meetings
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 3:07 AM
By Jim Siegel <mailto:[email protected]> and Jonathan Riskind <mailto:[email protected]>
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
An enthusiastic crowd rallied in Columbus last evening in support of President Barack Obama's drive to overhaul health care, hoping to take back the momentum lost during weeks of sometimes angry public debate.
"I'm concerned that there is some perception that there is more opposition than there really is," said Randy Morrison, 66, of Columbus, one of about a thousand people to attend the evening rally at the Ohio Expo Center. "The side in favor of it thought that when we elected President Obama this was going to pass and we didn't need to do anything to make it happen."
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/118789.html
Health care reform fans blitz Snowe with 35,000 messages
By Christopher Cousins <mailto:[email protected]>
BDN Staff
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About 50 people stood outside the Bangor office of Sen. Olympia Snow before delivering about 35,000 written messages that were written in support of healthcare reform. Similar events were held in Caribou and Lewiston to urge the members of the Maine congressional delegation to support the President Obama's health care reform proposals.
Supporters of national health care reform gathered at Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe’s Bangor office Wednesday to deliver the message that thousands of Mainers support national health care reform.
Approximately 45 people, many of them holding signs and waving placards, delivered some of what they said were more than 35,000 letters, postcards, e-mails and online petitions that urge Congress to pass a national health care reform bill. Similar events were scheduled today in Caribou and Lewiston.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090903/NEWS01/909030318
Group to Heath Shuler: We want health insurance reform
Sabian Warren <mailto:[email protected]> and Mike McWilliams <mailto:[email protected]> • September 3, 2009 12:15 AM
Activists calling for health care reform presented petitions and held protest vigils Wednesday across Western North Carolina.
Petitions signed by thousands of WNC residents who support health reform were presented to Rep. Heath Shuler's office in Asheville. The group, Organizing for America, a grassroots project of the Democratic National Committee, met for a conference at Tomato Jam Café on Biltmore Avenue in the shadow of the Mission Hospital complex.
Carrying signs calling for health insurance reform, members of the group then marched across the street to Shuler's office to deliver a stack of petition forms several inches thick.
http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/dozens_rally_at_monument_terrace_for_heath_care_reform/19163/
Chet White/The News & Advance
Edwin Hill (right), of Madison Heights, takes part in Wednesday’s gathering at Monument Terrace. Hill is on his knees to alleviate back pain caused by degenerative arthritis. He originally hurt his back serving in Vietnam, an injury which has kept him from work for more than a year.
By Dave Thompson <mailto:[email protected]>
Published: September 3, 2009
“Health care can’t wait!”
“I’m ready for health care reform.”
“We can’t afford to wait.”
Dozens gathered at Monument Terrace on Wednesday evening with handheld signs proudly displaying their convictions about what they called a much-need health care overhaul.
Attendees took turns at a microphone, sharing personal stories, reading accounts of struggles due to a privatized health care system and decrying the opposition’s attempts to raise concern about proposed changes to the national system.
Don Manning, a volunteer with the political action group MoveOn.org, said he organized the event because of the contentious debate across the county due to President Barack Obama’s proposed changes to the current health care system.
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Langevin gets warm response from health-care advocates
01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, September 3, 2009
By Steve Peoples
Journal State House Bureau
Lydea Irwin, right, of Warren, lights a candle for Lise Holst, of Providence, during a candlelight vigil on the State House lawn, below, organized by MoveOn.org.
The Providence Journal / Glenn Osmundson
PROVIDENCE –– It was a different kind of meeting for the congressman.
Two weeks earlier, Rep. James R. Langevin had been shouted down and called a liar during a two-hour “town hall” meeting packed with opponents of the health-care overhaul moving through Congress.
Wednesday afternoon, he sat in the air-conditioned lobby of Women & Infants Hospital, surrounded by a sympathetic group of doctors and nurses who applauded politely after the five-term lawmaker said he’s “never been more optimistic than I am right now that we are finally going to change health care in America.”
“It’s nice to be in a room full of strong supporters of health-care reform,” Langevin told the smiling crowd. “This is a refreshing change.”
http://www.clintonherald.com/local/local_story_244100850.html
Full house turns out for Clinton health care meeting
By Jason Nevel
Herald Staff Writer
CLINTON — Monday’s health care town hall meeting at Ashford University was the most attended out of any open forums U.S. Congressman Bruce Braley has hosted so far.
The crowd of 400 people packed the Durgin Center gymnasium for a two-hour debate that featured few disruptions and a mostly supportive audience of a national health care plan backed by Braley.
“I think it says that people in Clinton, like a lot of Americans, know that health care is one of the most important issues that affect their life,” Braley said. “Like most Iowa crowds, the large percentage of people here wanted to be respectful and polite even if they disagreed with me.”
http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=11034459&nav=menu612_2_7
Health Reform Demonstration Comes To Fresno
Posted: Sep 2, 2009 12:53 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 2, 2009 12:56 PM EDT
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By: Clint Olivier & Alex Murray
More than a hundred people gathered on the platform at the Amtrak station in Downtown Fresno Tuesday evening.
Their mission: to send the message to members of Congress, health care reform is badly needed.
"66,000 people a week are losing their health insurance," Lamar Ray said.They're calling on lawmakers to pass legislation containing public option healthcare insurance.
"It's really hard, because you go to the doctor and you just rack up all these bills," Maria Galante said.
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20090903/ARTICLES/909031045/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Supporters-of-health-care-bill-gather-outside-Inglis-office
Group gathers at Inglis' office to support health care bill
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Supporters of President Obama's health care reform proposals held a rally outside of Congressman Bob Inglis' Spartanburg Office on Wednesday.
By Jason Spencer <mailto:[email protected]>
[email protected]
Published: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 10:08 p.m.
About 30 people gathered at a small rally on the steps of Republican Rep. Bob Inglis' Spartanburg office Wednesday night to show their support for President Barack Obama's health care reform bill and the need to include a public option in that reform.
Several people criticized South Carolina's representation in Washington, with one man arguing point-by-point against the 16 reasons Inglis has offered as reasons he opposes the current health care reform bill.
Jack McKinley, a Blacksburg man who identified himself as a volunteer with MoveOn.org, said they were part of the "silent majority."
http://www.kcci.com/politics/20696956/detail.html
Health Care Reform Backers Rally In DM
DES MOINES, Iowa –
After a string of health care reform forums that have been dominated by critics, Iowans who supported reform held a rally on Wednesday.
About 140 people, many of whom said they were frustrated with health insurance companies, said they want lawmakers to know that they support a public option.
They said that after listening to all the angry critics at other town hall meetings, it was their turn to speak out.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-healthreformrally,0,4450997.story
AP: Health care reform supporters rally
DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa <http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/iowa-PLGEO100102200000000.topic> residents who support health care reform have held their own rally to answer the often hostile crowds at many recent town hall meetings.
About 140 people held the rally Wednesday in Des Moines, saying they want lawmakers to know that they support a public option.
For an hour, those at the rally shared personal stories, bashed insurance companies and begged for change.
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_wpri_rally_draws_big_crowd_over_health_care_20090903
Rally draws big crowd over health care
Hundreds gathered at State House over
Obama's plan
Updated: Thursday, 03 Sep 2009, 6:58 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 03 Sep 2009, 6:57 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Supporters of President Obama's health care reform plan are taking action to make their voices heard.
Hundreds of Rhode Islanders gathered on the steps of the state house Wednesday night, joining similar rallies nationwide. Many say the nation's current system has failed them, and needs to be changed.
"It was a choice between paying for my mortgage or paying for my health care. And no one wants to go without health insurance after a brain tumor," said Nancy St. Germain who supports health care reform.
<http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_wpri_rally_draws_big_crowd_over_health_care_20090903>
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/1421070.html
Rally in support of health care reform draws 200 people to Missouri Capitol
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JEFFERSON CITY | About 200 people turned out at the Missouri Capitol for a rally in support of a federal health care overhaul.
Participants at Tuesday’s event chanted that health care is a right, not a privilege, and that no one should be left without health insurance. Featured speakers included several past and present Democratic lawmakers, including House Minority Leader Paul LeVota.
The event was sponsored by Mexico, Mo.-based Grass Roots Organizing and the national advocacy group Health Care for America Now.
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/multimedia/photo/2009/09/02/health-care-rally-jefferson-city/
Health care rally at Jefferson City
By Jason Lenhart <http://www.columbiamissourian.com/accounts/profiles/Jdlp68/>
September 2, 2009 | 8:27 p.m. CDT
Richard Green of Ozark tells his story at a health care rally on the Capitol steps in Jefferson City on Wednesday. Green, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, said he wants to educate people on the loopholes and shortfalls of the current health care system, a system he said failed him when he needed it most.
http://www.mysouthwestga.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=344930
Supporters of health care reform rally
More than 150 people attended the health care reform bill rally in front of Congressman Sanford Bishop's office
WFXL Fox 31 (Albany and Southwest Georgia)
By Romney Smith <http://www.mysouthwestga.com/about/bio.aspx?id=646>
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at 10:36 p.m.
They chanted, cheered, and came together to support Congressman Bishop and healthcare reform.
Ken King with Organizing for America outlined the changes President Obama wants to make and the crowd agreed. "They support healthcare insurance reform. They stand with the President on core principles to reduce cost, improve the quality of our life and make sure we deal with the fact that folks don't have access" says King.
Some people gave testimonials on their personal experiences with healthcare and others explained how a change would affect the entire system.
College student LeKesha Wilson learned more about healthcare and says she wants to be more involved with the healthcare reform bill. "I hope that its passed, I believe it'll be passed, and I'll do as much as I can and speak to people who want health care reform" says Wilson.
More than 4,500 petitions in support of the healthcare reform bill were signed and delivered to Sanford Bishop’s office.
SAN FRANCISCANS RALLY FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM - ON SCENE WITH BILL WILSON <http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=40959>
2 September 2009
Actions speak louder than words and photos are worth a thousand words. So this is going to be more of a photo essay than a report of the Health care rally held at City Hall Wednesday evening at 5: 00 p.m.
MUST SEE PHOTO JOURNAL: http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=40959
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/story/824938.html
Group holds rally at Bishop’s office
By ALAN RIQUELMY - [email protected]
Evelyn Roebuck already paid $451 each month in health care premiums and had a $2,600 deductible. Then, about two weeks before attending Tuesday’s rally in support of health care reform, she opened a letter and discovered that premium was rising by more than $50.
“I want to do everything I can to help,” said Roebuck, one of more than 50 people who stood outside Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop’s Ninth Street office around noon. “I think there’s so much misinformation. If people knew the facts, they wouldn’t be against it.”
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Mike Haskey [email protected] Bob Galer listens to a speaker at the rally, sponsored by Organizing for America, Tuesday morning in front of the Columbus office of U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop. 09/01/09
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Mike Haskey [email protected] Ken King, regional field director of Organizing for America holds up a stack of signed health insurance reform declarations stating support for President Obama’s three principles of health insurance reform legislation. He delivered these to U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop’s office after the rally Tuesday morning. 09/01/09
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090903/NEWS/909030349/1001
Health reform rally draws crowd in Salem
Participants urge the addition of a public insurance option
<http://community.statesmanjournal.com/tools/pdf/pdfarticle.php?artid=909030349> By Ruth Liao • Statesman Journal
September 3, 2009
By Ruth Liao • Statesman Journal • September 3, 2009
62, of Salem went through frustration and her own money after she suffered an accident in 2005 that left her using a walker.
Now, Giorsal, a former psychiatric nurse who worked at the state Department of Corrections, wants to raise awareness about changing health care.
Giorsal brought her walker — and a chair for her to sit — to a rally supporting a public health insurance option held Wednesday night at Riverfront Park.
"Medical care should be nonprofit," Giorsal said. "It's not a business."
About 150 people gathered in the park as part of a national campaign organized through MoveOn.org, said organizer Tricia McMahon of Salem. She encouraged the attendees to call on their legislators to support the public option.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/obama-supporters-rally-in-dayton-for-health-care-reform-276006.html
Obama supporters rally in Dayton for health care reform
By Margo Rutledge Kissell, Staff Writer Updated 12:34 AM Wednesday, September 2, 2009
DAYTON — David Hill, who has suffered two strokes, was among 100 people who rallied Tuesday, Sept. 1, in support of President Barack Obama’s push for health insurance reform.
The 60-year-old Dayton man spoke at the event in the parking lot of the Dayton Miami Valley AFL-CIO Regional Labor Council headquarters that was organized by Organizing for America, a grassroots project of the Democratic National Committee.
Hill, who worked 31 years for General Motors Corp. and has legal custody of his 10-year-old granddaughter, believes national health care reform would make insurance more affordable for people like him.
“I really and truly can’t afford it on a fixed income,” he said.
http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20090901/DVTONLINE01/90831013
Rally pushes for health care reform
David Bly / Desert Valley Times • September 1, 2009
Health care rallies across the country have tended to be noisy affairs as protesters and proponents clash over President Obama’s proposals for reform, but Saturday’s assembly in Mesquite was peaceful and orderly.
Organized by the Mesquite Democrats Club, the assembly attracted about 40 people, all of whom appeared to be supportive of health care reform. No one appeared to express opposition.
Group gathers to rally for reform at candlelight vigil
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Sept. 03, 2009, 10:25 am
By Leila Noelliste
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At a vigil for health care reform held in downtown Kankakee Wednesday night, Marsha Schultz told her insurance nightmare.
Amid signs reading "Standing Together for Health Insurance Reform'' and "We Can't Afford to Wait,'' Schultz told how she recently had surgery and believed that her $500 deductible would cover everything. It didn't.
In the fine print was a stipulation that she had to pay a deductible for each new specialist she saw. Six specialists later, Schultz is $3,000 in debt.
Schultz is one of about 50 people who held candles and spoke of their health care reform hopes at the vigil, sponsored by the progressive political action committee MoveOn.org. The vigil was one of hundreds held across the nation in an effort to support the creation of a public government-run health care option.
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=68600&catid=153
Health Care Backers Rally In Macon
People who support President Barack Obama's health care changes rallied in downtown Macon Tuesday.
About 50 people gathered to say adequate health care should be available to everyone and to throw their support behind the proposed changes.
The Organization for America pulled the rally together. Organizers said its a grassroots project with ties to the Democratic National Committee.
People waved signs saying, "Standing Together for Healthcare," and "Democrats Want Health Care Reform."
After brief speeches by state Sen. Robert Brown of Macon and Organization for America spokeswoman Alise Marshall of DeKalb County, the group delivered about 2,000 petitions to U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall's office about a block away.
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11038453
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Supporters of Health Care Reform Rally at UMC
Updated: Sep 03, 2009 12:49 AM EDT Thursday, September 3, 2009 12:49 AM EST
The healthcare debate is far from over and Wednesday night a group in favor of a healthcare overhaul joined together in a unique event to show their support.
Organizers say the candlelight vigil was all about showing their support for healthcare reform in a peaceful way.
"These are things that we have right to, not just to the people that can afford it," said Dawn Sauve.
With signs in one hand and a candle in the other, about 100 healthcare reform supporters took part in the vigil. "It's wonderful and I am hoping more show up because we have to stick together to get this done," said Dora McKinney.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/924534.html
Activists rally for public health care at Charlotte's Independence Park
MoveOn organizes demonstration to counter protests of Democrats' proposals.
By Jim Morrill
[email protected]
Posted: Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009
About 250 people came to a candlelight vigil Wednesday night at Independence Park in support of a public option health care plan.
Holding candles and waving signs, they listened to speakers, such as Charlotte Dr. Margaret Ferriter Campbell, criticize the current system, particularly insurance companies.
She recounted her own difficulty with insurers when her son was diagnosed with leukemia and said she sees the same thing with her patients.
“I see it every day as a doctor,” she said. “I'm sick and tired of seeing these insurance companies denying my patients care.”
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090902/NEWS/909020370 <http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090902/NEWS/909020370>
Supporters of health-insurance reform rally in Highland Park
By LALITA ALOOR AMUTHAN • STAFF WRITER • September 2, 2009
HIGHLAND PARK — Highland Park resident Lori Freedman worries about being able to pay the monthly health insurance bill for her daughter on time.
Freedman's daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 juvenile diabetes, which in medical insurance terms is considered a pre-existing condition.
"If she's without coverage even for a day, she's denied coverage for life, " Freedman told a group of over 100 people who gathered Wednesday night outside the Reformed Church in Highland Park for a vigil to show their support for a public health-insurance plan.
Freedman told the crowd how she scrambles to make the insurance payment — which during times that she was unemployed and receiving insurance from her employer under the COBRA plan, ran up to about $2,000 a month — for fear her daughter would "lapse" in insurance coverage.
http://www.wwmt.com/articles/style-1366548-margin-0in.html
Health care rally
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A week after Senator Ted Kennedy's death, folks in West Michigan came together to keep his fight for health care reform alive.
Grand Rapids joined nearly 300 other groups across the nation Wednesday night, holding a candlelight vigil for those suffering under the current health care system.
The Grand Rapids event took place at Rosa Parks Circle. The rallies over health care reform seem to be growing more frequent and passionate. The stark contrasts in public opinion creating friction.
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090903/NEWS/909030319/-1/NEWS
Cape rallies for health care reform
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Demonstrators hold up signs last night in support of health care reform during a rally at the Barnstable Municipal Airport rotary in Hyannis. The death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy helped inspire the grassroots event.Cape Cod Times/Ron Schloerb
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/16871/
1500 rally for health care in St. Louis
Author: Tony Pecinovsky <http://www.pww.org/article/author/view/75>
People's Weekly World Newspaper, 08/31/09 04:55
ST. LOUIS – “Health care reform is about family values,” Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed told over 1,500 union members, community leaders and activists here at an Organizing for America (OFA) health care rally August, 30. “I can’t think of anything more critical than the health of our families,” he said.
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OFA’s rally is part of nationwide bus tour to refocus the health care debate and build momentum for the public option before Congress reconvenes. Additionally, as the media seems to be tiring of reporting on town-hall disrupters, hecklers and yellers, health care public option supporters are retaking the offensive.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/03/supporters-hold-vigil-health-care-reform/
Vigils held in support of health care reform, public option
More than 300 rallies planned nationwide by MoveOn.org
Mona Shield Payne / Special to the Sun
People in Boulder City chant in unison, “We want reform now” during a candlelight vigil sponsored by MoveOn.org in support of health care reform.
By Jean Reid Norman <http://www.lasvegassun.com/staff/jean-reid-norman/> (contact <http://www.lasvegassun.com/staff/jean-reid-norman/contact/> )
Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 | 2:05 a.m.
About 40 people gathered on a dirt lot in downtown Boulder City Wednesday night to show support for health care reform.
The vigil was one of more than 300 planned as part of a nationwide effort by the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org <http://www.MoveOn.org> . A second vigil was held at the same time in front of University Medical Center in Las Vegas.
Those who had gathered in Boulder City carried candles and signs and told stories that illustrated the ways they see the current health care system failing.
Dina Wawers said she suffered a spinal injury two years ago in a fall and is no longer able to work. For the past two years, she has tried to get onto Social Security disability and has been denied. She is appealing but, in the meantime, she has no health insurance, she said.
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-larson-town-hall.artsep03,0,2304484.story
U.S. Rep. John B. Larson Hosts Meeting On Health Care Reform
By DANIELA ALTIMARI The Hartford Courant
September 3, 2009
The crowd that went to the town hall forum on health care reform Wednesday sponsored by U.S. Rep. John B. Larson <http://www.courant.com/topic/politics/john-b.-larson-PEPLT003790.topic> had all the intensity and emotion of similar gatherings across the nation in August that were marked by raucous behavior.
This time, though, the greatest heat was generated by those who favor the Democratic initiative to reshape the nation's health care system.
Larson, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, strongly supports the effort and addressed a largely — although not entirely — friendly audience of about 500 people in the auditorium of West Hartford <http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/hartford-county/west-hartford-PLGEO100100202260000.topic> Town Hall.
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2009/09/mostly_friendly_crowd_greets_k.html
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A packed house listens to John Kerry at Somerville High.
By Travis Andersen, Town Correspondent
Senator John F. Kerry said at his Town Hall meeting on Wednesday night that millions of Americans would lose their jobs in the next five years - among other calamities - if Congress does nothing to change the nation's health care system.
He addressed a mostly friendly crowd of about 2,800 at Somerville High School. Spectators packed the auditorium and gymnasium to hear his pitch for national health care reform.
"We cannot continue to be the only developed country in the world that does not cover everybody," the Massachusetts Democrat said to enthusiastic applause in his opening remarks.
http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_13244583?nclick_check=1
Monterey County Herald: Applause, boos compete at health care debate
By JIM JOHNSON
Herald Salinas Bureau
Updated: 09/01/2009 08:44:27 AM PDT
Spirited debate arose in Salinas on Monday night over efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system, as a large crowd turned out for the latest of Rep. Sam Farr's town hall meetings on the issue.
About 700 people attended the event at Sherwood Hall, the fourth of seven meetings the Carmel Democrat scheduled to discuss the volatile issue over Congress' summer break. Forums were held in Monterey, Santa Cruz and Hollister last month.
[…]
Supporters, who seemed generally better organized, told personal stories and asked specific questions about the proposed legislation that appeared designed to show the need for health care reform.
http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_13243282?nclick_check=1
Pioneer Press: McCollum sounds out health care friends and foes
A polite but passionate town hall crowd has its share of reform critics
By Bill Salisbury
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Updated: 09/01/2009 01:49:50 PM CDT
In sharp contrast to the angry protesters disrupting meetings elsewhere across the land, the people who got into U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum's forum on health reform Monday night in St. Paul kept their cool.
McCollum's 90-minute public meeting at Macalester College was a civil affair. Audience members asked their questions and stated their positions politely and often passionately, but there was no shouting or disruption.
Based on the signs they carried, the crowd packing the Weyerhaeuser Chapel appeared to overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul plan. An overflow crowd that McCollum's staff estimated at nearly 400 listened to the forum from speakers on the chapel lawn.
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=11026550
NBC 29: Health Reform Supporters Deliver Petitions
A group of supporters of Health Care reform delivered what they hope is a strong message to 5th District Congressman Tom Perriello. Dozens of supporters of President Obama's "Organizing for America" delivered what they say are thousands of petitions of support for health care reform to the Congressman's office Tuesday morning. The supporters met with the Perriello for about 45 minutes.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-goodman/at-rep-edwards-town-hall_b_272838.html
Huff Post: At Rep. Edwards Town Hall, Crowd Largely Supportive of Public Option <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-goodman/at-rep-edwards-town-hall_b_272838.html>
Such was Rep. Donna Edwards's meeting in Germantown, Maryland, on August 25th, attended by more than 300 people, a crowd that was overwhelmingly pro-Edwards, pro-reform, and supportive of the public option. The meeting was a virtual model of tranquility. There was little in the way of opposition.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/863225.html
Baird hears from crowd on health care bill
BRAD SHANNON; The Olympian
Published: 09/01/09 12:05 am | Updated: 09/01/09 6:17 am
Advocates for health care reform urged U.S. Rep. Brian Baird during a town hall meeting Monday evening to push for a national plan that includes a “public” insurance option like Medicare.
Several of the nearly 1,000 people who packed into The Washington Center for the Performing Arts also urged Baird, D-Vancouver, to back a single-payer system. A few critics raised questions about the lack of medical malpractice reforms in Congress’ ongoing reform proposals, and one man said he thinks the reforms are unconstitutional.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090827/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_mccain
McCain speaks with angry crowd at Ariz. town hall
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AP – Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens to a question from the crowd at a health care town hall meeting Wednesday, …
By AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Writer Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writer – Thu Aug 27, 9:57 am ET
PHOENIX – Sen. John McCain met with an angry crowd at a town-hall meeting about health care reform Wednesday, sometimes having to fight to talk and telling one woman who wouldn't stop yelling that she had to leave.
The Arizona senator hadn't yet opened up the meeting at McCain's central Phoenix church to questions when one audience member continuously yelled over him.
"You're going to have to stop or you're going to have to leave," McCain told the woman. When security guards approached to escort her out, he told her "Goodbye, see ya" to a round of applause.
After McCain opened it up to questioning, one man angrily pointed at him and asked the senator why he deserves a better health care plan than him.
"I'm trying to get it for you," McCain told him. "We'll do it for you. We'll make it affordable and available to you."
Other audience members in the crowd of 2,000 told McCain about their medical problems, such as HIV and multiple sclerosis.
McCain urged them he would fight for health care reform but reiterated his opposition to President Barack Obama's plan to create a government option to compete with private insurers, arguing that it would be the eventual end of private insurers in the U.S.
Obama and most Democrats say a government option would serve to balance the power of private insurers. But insurance companies see it as a step toward a government takeover, and many business groups agree.
When McCain was trying to answer questions from reporters after the town hall, one audience member yelled at him that he gets hundreds of thousands of dollars from insurance companies every year.
In a voice of feigned surprise, McCain said "Really? I didn't know that."
"There's more interest and involvement in this issue than I've ever seen in many years on a domestic issue," McCain said afterward. "There's obviously strong feeling and emotions on this issue and I think the town-hall meetings are a very important way to get people's viewpoints and allow them to deal directly with their elected representative."
The Democratic plan has repeatedly run into problems at such meetings. Throughout August, unruly opponents have tried to shout down lawmakers at local town hall meetings.
McCain also spoke against the proposal at a much more subdued town-hall meeting Tuesday in the retirement community of Sun City.
http://www.azcentral.com/video/?type=mavenfull&id=news&videoID=1228242627
Feisty Crowd At McCain Meeting
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http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090827/GPG0101/908270580&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
Supporters rally for health-care reform
Opponents decry the public option of plan
By Malavika Jagannathan
[email protected]
A roomful of supportive signs and voices — plus a handful of opponents — gathered Wednesday at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to push for federal health-care reform at a rally.
Organized by advocacy groups, unions, faith-based coalitions and other progressive groups, the rally brought like minds together to show backing for the health-care reforms proposed by President Barack Obama. Much of the crowd of about 300 cheered as U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, told them there was "nothing wrong with a public choice or a public option" that's been proposed as part of this reform.
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Communications Director, Americans United for Change
Office: 202.470.5878
Cell: 605.366.3654
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