This week is the key week for health care reform. The House Bill with a public option has been released. While President Obama has expressed praise for this bill, there are many Senators that continue to oppose the Public Option and offer instead the weak co-op option. We need to step up the pressure on the Senate to support the public option and the White House to publicly state that the final health care reform bill MUST include a strong public option.
Please contact the White House and ask them to state that the final health care reform bill must have a strong public option.
White House Contact Info:
Call - 202-456-1111
Fax - 202-456-2461
E-mail - http://www.whitehouse.gov/...
Please contact each of the Senators who have publicly supported the co-op plan:
Toll-Free Numbers for DC Offices
1-800-828-0498
1-800-828-0498
1-866-338-1015
1-866-220-0044
1-877-851-6437
Please also call local offices.
Senator Max Baucus's Contact Info:
Call DC Office - 202-224-2651
Fax DC Office - 202-224-9412
Call Billings Office - 406-657-6790
E-mail - http://baucus.senate.gov/...
Senator Kent Conrad's Contact Info:
Call DC Office - 202-224-2043
Fax DC Office - 202-224-7776
Call Fargo Office - 701-232-8030
Fax Fargo Office - 701-232-6449
E-mail - https://conrad.senate.gov/...
Senator Jack Reed's Contact Info:
Call DC Office - 202-224-4642
Fax DC Office - 202-224-4680
Call Providence Office - 401-528-5200
Fax Providence Office - 401-528-5242
E-mail - http://reed.senate.gov/...
In addition, Senator Wyden is still pushing his idiotic plan which is worse than a co-op. Please contact him and ask him to publicly support a public option.
Senator Wyden's Contact Info:
Call DC Office - 202-224-5244
Fax DC Office - 202-228-2717
Call Portland Office - 503-326-7525
E-mail - http://wyden.senate.gov/...
Please contact Senator Harry Reid and let him know that we are counting on him to make sure that there is a strong public option in the final Senate bill.
Senator Reid's Contact Info:
Call DC Office - 202-224-3542
Fax DC Office - 202-224-7327
Call Las Vegas Office - 702-388-5020
Fax Las Vegas Office - 702-388-5030
E-mail - http://reid.senate.gov/...
Also, please contact Senator Schumer and thank him for his statement against the co-op option and for supporting the public option:
"I don't think I could say with a straight face that this (co-op proposal) is at all close to a nationwide public option," Schumer, D-N.Y., told The Associated Press on Sunday. "Right now, this co-op idea doesn't come close to satisfying anyone who wants a public plan."
Senator Shumer's Contact Info:
Call DC Office - 202-224-6542
Fax DC Office - 202-228-3027
Call NYC Office - 212-486-4430
Fax NYC Office - 212-486-7693
E-mail - http://schumer.senate.gov/...
Lastly, please contact Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and thank him for his strong support of a public option and a need for a reform bill this year on CNN's State of the Union yesterday:
The last thing the American people "want us to do is to wait and delay for 2010 or 2011, because this is the economic threat to our country," Casey said. "If we don’t get this right and get it done, American families are going to pay far too much."
Senator Casey's Contact Info:
Call DC Office - 202-224-4642 or toll-free 866-802-2833
Fax DC Office - 202-228-0604
Call Philadelphia Office - 215-405-9660
Fax Philadelphia Office - 215-405-9669
E-mail - http://casey.senate.gov/...
Updated to add: See slinkerwink's much more detailed diary for additional contact information.