Obama adviser pushes health-care reform in Columbus visit

Columbus Dispatch ^ | 3-9-10 | Mark Niquette

[smokingfrog]

With President Barack Obama hitting the road yesterday to stump for health-care legislation, one of his advisers said in Columbus that the nation needs an up-or-down vote in Congress soon to pass the proposal.

"The American people have waited a very long time for health-insurance reform," Obama senior adviser Valerie B. Jarrett said. "We have debated the issue for over a year now, and everybody's voices have all been heard. Now, it's time to come to closure."

Jarrett traveled to Columbus yesterday to speak at "Momentum 2010," the second day of a two-day summit to promote the status of women and girls in education, economics and health.

The president held a rally in suburban Philadelphia, reportedly drawing a comment from House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, that the president's latest sales pitch is "heavy on snake oil" and light on reality.

But in a brief interview, Jarrett said she thinks the administration will prevail in passing a bill because the American public generally supports key provisions of the health-care overhaul.

"We really just can't delay any more," she said. "I have confidence in the American people that as they begin to understand the component parts of the bill and what's in it for them, then they are very supportive of it."

Jarrett also touched on health-care issues during her keynote speech at the day-long summit at the Riffe Center yesterday, which also was International Women's Day.

"When women do not get a chance to see a doctor, when children do not have adequate care, our communities suffer, our country suffers," she said. "We're made weaker, not stronger, and that's why the president is working tirelessly on providing health-insurance reform now for our country. Now."

Jarrett leads the White House Council on Women and Girls that Obama created (cont.)

[dalebert]

union riots for healthcare takeover in dc

[smokingfrog]

About 500 people turned out this morning to push for health care reform and stand up against health insurance companies.

[Pessimist]

The permanent campaign.

I thought he told McLame “the campaign is over”.

[massgopguy]

Their protesting in front of a hotel where health care executives are meeting. They threatened to come in if the executives didn’t come out. Barack Obama is inciting violence against American citizens.

[utherdoul]

500 people? Are you sure it wasn’t 5 million? Isn’t that what will be reported?

[dalebert]

yes he is....mafia man is driving this...look at the signs.organized crime wants control of healthcare...just another way of taking the country down

[kcvl]

“Organized by Health Care for America Now, a national grassroots campaign fighting for affordable health care”

a coalition of labor unions and activist groups under the umbrella of Health Care for America Now

9 to 5, National Association of Working Women
Abundant Children and Family Services
Adventists Community Services
AFL-CIO
AIDS in Action
Alliance for Retired Americans
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Nursing
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Family Voices
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
American Medical Student Association
American Nurses Association
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
Americans United for Change
AskSlim.org
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Association for Better Insulation
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
Black Women’s Health Imperative
Brave New Films
Bus Federation
Cafemom.com
Campaign for America’s Future
Campaign for Community Change (CCC)
Campus Progress Action
CareTALK
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for Rural Affairs
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Center for Social and Economic Justice
Child Advocate Network
Children’s Defense Fund Action Council
Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare
Commonwealth Institute
Communications Workers of America (CWA)
Community Action Partnership
Community Service Society
Clergy Strategic Alliances, LLC
CREDO Mobile
Democracia Ahora
Democracy for America
Direct Care Alliance
Eagle Medical Services
Future Majority
Generational Alliance
Health Care for the 21st Century Consulting
Healthcare United
HIV Medicine Association
Holman Healthcare Consulting
Hope for Hepatitis C
Human Rights Campaign
Independent Staff Union
International Federation of Black Prides, Inc.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
Jobs With Justice
Latinos for National Health Insurance
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
MDI Imported Car Service, Inc
Moms for Universal Health Care on cafemom.com
MoveOn.org
Muscular Dystrophy Foundation for Independent Living
My Rural America (Action Fund)
NAACP
National Abortion Federation
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
National Association of School-Based Health Care
National Association for State Community Services Programs
National Association of Hepatitis Task Forces
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
National Beauty Culturists’ League, Inc.
National Cervical Cancer Coalition
National Coalition for LGBT Health
National Community Action Foundation
National Consumers League
National Council of La Raza
National Council of Urban Indian Health
National Council of Jewish Women
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
National Education Association (NEA)
National Foundation for Celiac Awareness
National Institute for Reproductive Health
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Minority Quality Forum
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Physicians Alliance
National Women’s Health Network
National Women’s Law Center
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Out with Cancer, Inc
Paint Lick Family Clinic, Inc
PHI/Health Care for Health Care Workers
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Progressive Action Network
Progress Now
Progressive Future
Progressive States Network
Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Rock the Vote
Roosevelt Institution
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Single Stop USA
Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
The Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust
The Healthcare Coverage Post
The League of Young Voters
OWL -The Voice of Midlife and Older Women
The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring
True Majority
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN)
Union for Reform Judaism
United Professionals
USAction
USPIRG
Votehealthcare.org
White Crane Billing Solutions
Women’s Health Foundation
Woman’s National Democratic Club
Women’s Universal Health Initiative
Women’s Voices for the Earth
Women’s Voices. Women Vote.
Working America
Working Families Win
Work Place Fairness
Young Invincibles
YWCA – Young Women’s Christian Association

Edie Falco is HCAN’s spokesperson

Edith “Edie” Falco is an American television, film and stage actress, known for her role in Oz as Diane Wittlesey and her lead roles as both Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos and the titular character on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie.

Health Care for America Now (HCAN) announced itself in July 2008, an election year advocacy campaign funded with tens of millions of dollars from unions and liberal donors to raise the issue of the lack of health coverage for over 40 million Americans, helping Democratic Party candidates.

Health Care for America’s principles were based on the proposal of University of California at Berkeley political scenic professor Jacob Hacker, who’s also advised Obama

Jason Rosenbaum, a writer (musician) and activist, and the Deputy Director of Online Campaigns for Health Care for America Now represented the Obama/HCAN position.

The following major advocacy and union groups are among HCAN’s members.

ACORN
AFSCME, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
American Nurses Association
Americans United for Change
Brave New Films
Campaign for America’s Future
Campus Progress Action
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for Community Change
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Children’s Defense Fund Action Council
Commonweal Institute
CREDO Mobile, formerly Working Assets
Healthcare United
Human Rights Campaign
Jobs With Justice
MoveOn
NAACP
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Consumers League
National Council of La Raza
National Education Association
National Women’s Law Center
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Progressive Action Network
Progressive States Network
Service Employees International Union, SEIU
True Majority
United Food and Commercial Workers, UFCW
USAction
USPIRG

Financial supporters

Tides Foundation

Other organizations that share (or shared) HCAN’s K Street Suite #400 address

Americans Against Escalation in Iraq
Campaign for America’s Future
Democracy 21

Brad Woodhouse as of February 2009, is the Director of Communications and Research for the Democratic National Committee, now the home of Barack Obama’s massive fundraising and email list known as Organizing for America. Woodhouse was most recently president of Americans United for Change, communications director for USAction, and listed as a press contact for Americans Against Escalation in Iraq

“Woodhouse Returns to DNC” - Feb. 24, 2009

[kcvl]

Health Care for America NOW!

The insurance industry’s lobbyist front group is coming back to DC to defend their criminal health care system and plot to kill health reform

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Health Care for America Now Arresting the insurance companies - LIVE

Today is the day that we arrest the insurance companies. Thousands will be in the streets today to protest the insurance companies and their skyrocketing profits while our health goes by the wayside...
2 hours ago ·

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Health-Care-for-America-Now/20957686338

[massgopguy]

3% is “Skyrocketing”?

[massgopguy]

Let me explain. back in the 1980’s I worked for a company called ATEX. We were an electronic pre-press systems company. La Prensa in Nicaragua was a customer. Ortega's wife was on the Editorial Board. When the Sandinista took over she told the others the paper would be shutting down. When they protested “who would speak against the government?”; she told them, “now that the right people are in charge. There won't be any”.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Valerie is a liar.

[dalebert]

they are pushing hard

[dalebert]

they are getting lots of coverage

[dalebert]

this means lots more money for organizations that bleed this country dry....all driven by left wing unions...how many will pay for this.

[GailA]

“Code Red” - House Target List on Health Care
The National Republican Congressional Committee has published a target list on health care. In addition to continuing to contact the five Tennessee Democrat Congressmen, you can go http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/94697.aspx to contact some of these targets. Much of the talk following Obama’s announcement has focused on how to defeat this second bill through reconciliation, but that is misleading because the first step to defeating Obamacare is not by concentrating on defeating the “fixer” bill but by defeating the Senate bill in the House when it goes to the floor for an up-or-down vote on Thursday, March 18th.
Rep. Lincoln Davis 202-225-6831 Columbia office: 931-490-8699
Rep. Jim Cooper 202-225-4311 Nashville office: 615-736-5295
Rep. Bart Gordon 202-225-4231 Murfreesboro office: 615-896-1986
Rep. John S. Tanner 202-225-4714 Jackson office: 731-423-4848
Rep. Steve Cohen 202-225-3265 Memphis office: 901-544-4131

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