Protest for Health Insurance Reform March 9th Washington DC

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Young Harford Democrats to Join D.C. Protest for Health Insurance Reform March

9. Written by Dagger News Service · Filed Under At Large, Health on February

28, 2010

The Young Democrats of Harford County have issued the following announcement:

" Congress Must Listen to Us, Not the Insurance Companies "

Protest: March 9th, Washington DC.

On March 9th, thousands of activists will hit the streets in Washington, DC to

protest big insurance and demand that Congress give America the health care

reform we voted for.

The Young Democrats of Harford County in concert with the Health Care for

America NOW coalition is sponsoring a bus to the " Congress Must Listen to Us,

Not the Insurance Companies " protest on Tuesday, March 9th. The bus along with a

box lunch will be provided at no cost, leaving the Aberdeen area around 8am on

Tuesday the 9th. All Health Insurance Reform advocates from Cecil and Harford

Counties (and the surrounding area) are encouraged to attend! Contact Russ

Kovach at .Kovach@... or confirm attendance on Facebook at or see

us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=332513251089 to reserve

a spot on the bus.

Protesters will assemble at Dupont Circle and march to the protest at the Ritz

Carlton, 1150 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (about a 1 mile long march).

The bus will depart by 4pm EST on March 9th for the return trip to Aberdeen.

We need Congress to listen to us, not the big insurance companies, the

profiteers on Wall Street, the oil industry and the polluters, and the rest of

the corporate lobbyists who stand in the way of a better America.

President Obama and the Democrats in Congress have reaffirmed their commitment

to pass reform and end the insurance industry stranglehold on health care. We've

had a year of debate. Now it's time to act and Congress has to move forward with

no further delay.

We can wait for Congress to act, or we can help them act by raising the stakes.

We don't control many of the factors when it comes to passing laws on health

care, climate change, financial reform and other issues. But one thing we can do

is name the villains in this fight—the corporate lobbyists who time and time

wage war against progressive reform on health care and everything else we care

about.

There are two sides in the fight for a more progressive America, ours and

theirs. Every fight that matters and the political leaders who side with the

insurance companies are against us.

On March 9th, thousands of activists will hit the streets in Washington, DC to

protest big insurance and demand that Congress give America the health care

reform we voted for.

March 9th is the day the health insurance lobby, America's Health Insurance

Plans (AHIP), is holding a national conference at the Ritz Carlton Hotel to

advance their agenda to kill health care reform.

We'll be there to shut down their event and put the insurance companies and

every corporate enemy of change on notice: We're tired of the gridlock in

Congress and we won't allow the corporate lobbyists to keep bullying Congress

into inaction – on health care and all of our issues.

Every day that health care reform is delayed, the entire progressive agenda we

voted for in the most historic election of our lives is more at risk. But if we

beat corporate lobbyists on health care, we'll teach them a lesson on jobs,

climate change, financial reform, worker rights and much more.

This is not a rally—it's a protest.

We're taking action by protesting corporate interference in our government and

the insurance lobby's consistent efforts to stop reform by funding ad campaigns

to scare the public and to intimidate Members of Congress. We want them to get

out of the way.

At the same time, we want to send a clear message to Congress: Listen to

everyday Americans, not the insurance lobbyists. We've had enough of insurance

companies' denied claims, inflated profits and soaring premiums. We can't wait

any longer. We need reform NOW.

Russ Kovach

President, Young Democrats of Harford County

www.harfordyoungdems.org

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