Fight Back on Health care

from Campaign for America's Future

Don't Let Special Interests Use Town Halls To Block Change

The battle for health care reform has moved to town halls during the August congressional recess. But the wild mobs disrupting events, intimidating lawmakers, and shouting down reform are not just expressing their views, they are doing the dirty work for corporate interests that want to cut the heart out of the Obama health plan.

We absolutely cannot let the far right fringe do the bidding of the insurance and drug lobbies and hijack the debate. We need to show up, big.

Take back the town hall! Make our voices heard for real health care reform.

How you can take back the debate:

Call your representative and senators to find out when and where August town halls will be in your area, using the main congressional switchboard number: (202).... You can also check this calendar.

Go to the Congress.org congressional directory to get the direct phone lines of your representatives' offices.

Find out when and where citizen groups will be meeting and organizing throughout August, and find out what's happening in your area at Health Care for America Now.

When you're at a town hall, communicate a simple message for your representatives to understand what their constituents want:

• I support health care reform with a strong public plan option--and most people I know do, too.
• We sent you to Washington to get health care for all--and we will support you if you work to get that done.
• Please ignore the right-wing extremists who are attacking health reform--and do what a majority of your constituents want: Vote for health care for all.