[GPSCC-chat] Fw: 600, 000 member NYSUT reaffirms single payer support, calls for enactment of HR 676

[Caroline Yacoub]

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Subject: Fw: 600,000 member NYSUT reaffirms single payer support, calls for enactment of HR 676
  

This is a very interesting site- would like to find out CA's feelings. Lynne
--- On Wed, 9/4/13, Single Payer News <editor at unionsforsinglepayerhealthcare.org> wrote:

> From: Single Payer News <editor at unionsforsinglepayerhealthcare.org>
> Subject: 600,000 member NYSUT reaffirms single payer support, calls for enactment of HR 676
> To: "Single Payer News" <singlepayernews at unionsforsinglepayerhealthcare.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 1:11 AM
> 
> 
> 600,000 member NYSUT reaffirms single payer support, calls
> for enactment
> of HR 676
> 
> 
> The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) has reaffirmed
> support for
> single payer health care.  The reaffirmation, which was
> submitted by
> Retiree Council 12, calls specifically for support for HR
> 676, Congressman
> John Conyers' Expanded and Improved Medicare for All
> legislation.
> 
> NYSUT is made up of more than 600,000 who work in, or are
> retired from,
> New York's schools, colleges, and healthcare
> facilities.  NYSUT is a union
> of classroom teachers, college and university faculty and
> professional
> staff, school bus drivers, custodians, secretaries,
> cafeteria workers,
> teacher assistants and aides, nurses and healthcare
> technicians.
> 
> NYSUT is a federation of more than 1,200 local unions. It is
> affiliated
> with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the National
> Education
> Association (NEA), and the AFL-CIO.
> 
> The NYSUT reaffirmation is available in full here
> http://unionsforsinglepayer.org/union_endorsers at the
> link in #607.
> 
> #30#
> 
> HR 676 would institute a single payer health care system by
> expanding a
> greatly improved Medicare to everyone residing in the U. S.
> 
> HR 676 would cover every person for all necessary medical
> care including
> prescription drugs, hospital, surgical, outpatient services,
> primary and
> preventive care, emergency services, dental (including oral
> surgery,
> periodontics, endodontics), mental health, home health,
> physical therapy,
> rehabilitation (including for substance abuse), vision care
> and
> correction, hearing services including hearing aids,
> chiropractic, durable
> medical equipment, palliative care, podiatric care, and long
> term care.
> 
> HR 676 ends deductibles and co-payments.  HR 676 would
> save hundreds of
> billions annually by eliminating the high overhead and
> profits of the
> private health insurance industry and HMOs.
> 
> In the current Congress, HR 676 has 48 co-sponsors in
> addition to Conyers.
> 
> HR 676 has been endorsed by 607 union organizations
> including 146 Central
> Labor Councils/Area Labor Federations and 43 state AFL-CIO's
> (KY, PA, CT,
> OH, DE, ND, WA, SC, WY, VT, FL, WI, WV, SD, NC, MO, MN, ME,
> AR, MD-DC, TX,
> IA, AZ, TN, OR, GA, OK, KS, CO, IN, AL, CA, AK, MI, MT, NE,
> NJ, NY, NV,
> MA, RI, NH, & ID).
> 
> For further information, a list of union endorsers, or a
> sample
> endorsement resolution, contact:
> 
> Kay Tillow
> All Unions Committee for Single Payer Health Care--HR 676
> c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)
> 1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218
> Louisville, KY 40217
> (502) 636 1551
> 
> Email: nursenpo at aol.com
> http://unionsforsinglepayer.org
> 
> 9/03/13
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