Received this e-mail today from Bernie Sanders’ group, Our Revolution:
There are less than ten days left for the California State Senate to bring SB 562 to the floor for a vote. Also known as the Healthy California Act, this Medicare for All bill would guarantee health care to all Californians, regardless of their income.
We are rallying on the steps of the Capitol building in Sacramento this Friday, the first day of the California Democratic Convention, to tell the State Senate to vote “Yes!” on SB 562. Joining with Healthy California and the California Nurses Association, we're making it crystal clear that we expect Democrats to support Medicare for All. It's a moral imperative for which we are all responsible. Join us at the Rally to Win SB 562.
Rally to Win SB 562
Capitol West Steps
1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Friday, May 19, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
Medicare for All is within reach in California. If you can't attend the rally, please call your State Senator and tell them to pass SB 562 before the end of their session next Friday, May 26.
Folks without health insurance want to see their elected officials be proactive, not reactive. They cannot afford for us to wait around for the GOP to strip away health care first, and then react only once the problem has gotten worse. Building power is about making the change, not reacting to it. That's how we win.
We need to pass Medicare for All in California, and we have a good chance of accomplishing it before next Friday. But insurance lobbyists and corporate Democrats are trying to defeat this bill -- we can't allow that to happen.
Call your state senator today and tell them to bring SB 562 to a vote and pass it this session. We're not going to wait for the problem to get worse when we can do something to fix it now.
We have to rely on one another to make real change possible. People are counting on us to make the difference here -- let's win SB 562 for all of us.
In solidarity,
Nina Turner
Board Member
Our Revolution
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