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ILLINOIS TEACHERS UNIONS ENDORSE HR 676
Chicago, Illinois. Rejecting a “band-aid approach” to healthcare, the
University Professionals of Illinois, AFT Local 4100, endorsed HR 676,
single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers
(D-Mich).
“Beyond the fact that 46 or 47 million uninsured Americans are forced to
play Texas Hold ‘Em with their health care, nearly a third of our health
care dollars supports private insurance bureaucracy and paperwork. That’s
not health care. That’s waste,” said Sue Kaufman, UPI Local 4100
president.
AFT local 4100 represents faculty and staff in 12 chapters at seven public
universities in Illinois. It is affiliated with the Illinois Federation
of Teachers, the American Federation of Teachers, and the AFL-CIO. The
Executive Board of the 3,000 member local unanimously approved the
endorsement on December 1.
Another AFT affiliated group, the Illinois Federation of Teachers
Universities Council, also endorsed HR 676.
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HR 676 would institute a single payer health care system in the U.S. by
expanding a greatly improved Medicare system to every resident.
HR 676 would cover every person in the U. S. for all necessary medical
care including prescription drugs, hospital, surgical, outpatient
services, primary and preventive care, emergency services, dental, mental
health, home health, physical therapy, rehabilitation (including for
substance abuse), vision care, chiropractic and long term care. HR 676
ends deductibles and co-payments. HR 676 would save billions annually by
eliminating the high overhead and profits of the private health insurance
industry and HMOs.
HR 676 currently has 87 co-sponsors in addition to Conyers. Co-sponsors
and bill text are here:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00676:
HR 676 has been endorsed by 345 union organizations in 48 states including
94 Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations and 29 state AFL-CIOs
(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).
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: [email protected]
December 28th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Here is an important resource site on the subject http://www.medicareforall.net .
January 14th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Alabama AFL-CIO Convention Endorses HR 676
Mobile, Alabama. Delegates to the Twenty-Sixth Biennial Convention of
the Alabama AFL-CIO endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation
introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).
In a letter informing the national AFL-CIO of this convention action,
Alabama AFL-CIO President D. S. Burkhalter said: “This resolution
recognizes that the Alabama AFL-CIO is in support of HR 676, Single Payer
Universal Health Care.”
The Alabama state AFL-CIO is the 31st state federation to endorse the
Conyers legislation.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Two bits of related good news. First, the California State Assembly committee had proposed a healthcare bill that would REQUIRE all eligable state residents to but health insurance (at least thats the jist of the bill). It was sponsored by Spreaker Fabian Nunez and Gov. Boobengrabber. The California Nurses Association opposed the bill. It died in committee. (Don’t mess with these nurses). Good ridence. The other tidbit is Michael Moore has been nominated for best Doc. for his movie “Sicko”. And I didn’t get that from the mainstream press. I had to read it on Buzzflash.