Quality, affordable care we all can count on

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Quality, affordable care we all can count
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President Barack Obama on Health Care

• The question isnt how we can afford to focus on
  health care but how we can afford not to. 
  Because in order to fix our economic crisis, and
  rebuild our middle class, we need to fix our
  health care system too. So its clear that the
  time has come right now to solve this
  problem to cut health care costs for families
  and businesses, and provide affordable,
  accessible health insurance for every American. 
  October 4, 2008

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We can win Health Care in 2009HCAN is the
largest issue campaign in history

• Our coalition represents over 30 million people
• Field operations in 42 states
• 676 Organizational Members
• 118 national and 558 state

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Campaign Steering Committee

• Steering Committee members as of 1/14/09
• ACORN
• AFL-CIO
• AFSCME
• Americans United for Change
• Campaign for Americas Future
• Center for American Progress Action Fund
• Campaign for Community Change
• Childrens Defense Fund Action Council

• MoveOn.org
• NAACP
• National Council of La Raza
• National Education Association
• National Womens Law Center
• SEIU
• UFCW
• USAction
• Working America

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HCAN Principles Summary

• Inclusive / Affordable
• Comprehensive Standard Benefits
• Choice between a public and private plan
• Equity for all communities of color

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Select Accomplishments

• HCANs unprecedented field program is
  demonstrating the overwhelming mandate for
  comprehensive health care reform
• President Obama and 177 members of Congress
  support principles
• Helped elect 5 new Members of Congress
• Mobilized 3,000 people to send 50,000 faxes to
  the Senate Finance Committee in 24 hours
• Generated over 1,500 Health Care Community
  discussions for the transition team

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Broad Congressional Support

• 159 House supporters 19 Senate supporters
• Leadership and Committees
• Congressional House Leadership (63 of total)
• Energy and Commerce Committee (61 of Committee
  Democrats)
• Education and Labor Committee (81 of Committee
  Democrats)
• Ways and Means Committee (65 of Committee
  Democrats)

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Broad Congressional SupportCaucuses and
Coalitions

• Progressive Caucus (72 of Caucus)
• Congressional Black Caucus (62 of Caucus)
• Blue Dog Coalition (34 of Caucus)
• Rural Caucus (34 of Caucus)
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus (45 of Caucus)
• New Democratic Coalition (65 of Coalition)
• Newly elected-Democratic Members of the House
  (59 of the total)

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Two-pronged Legislative Strategy

• Build momentum for comprehensive health care
  reform
• Engage in the legislative process to advance each
  of the HCAN principles

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Steps to Win

• Examples from the field
• Kelly Conklin, NJ Main Street Alliance
• Steve Copely, Faith Leader, Arkansas
• Lettie Oliver, AFSCME, Indiana
• Rikki Henderson, Forward Montana

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Comments and Questions

• Resources are available to you at
• www.healthcareforamericanow.org

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Thank you