We Must Get It Through Congress Now
Hoagland had refinanced his Nashville home to pay off the $25,000 tab for his weeklong diabetes-related stay at Southern Hills Medical Center.
The new mortgage left Hoagland out of medical debt but afraid to get sick again.
Unfortunately, he did. In 2004, Hoagland was in a health insurance waiting period on a new job when a cold turned into two days at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. This time, the bill was just over $1,200.
Meet Bing. Bing lives with his wife and baby boy in Billings, Montana.
When he collapsed last year from heart problems, his family racked up over $100,000 in medical debt. No private insurance company will cover him — they profit by denying care to people like him.
Now Bing’s senator — Max Baucus — may vote this week against letting Bing buy into a public health insurance option. So today we’re releasing a new TV ad in which Bing asks Sen. Baucus to side with him instead of his insurance-company campaign contributors. Click here to see our powerful new ad — and help put it on TV in Montana and DC.
This ad — made with our friends at Democracy for America — comes at a critical time.
Starting tomorrow, the Senate Finance Committee will cast key votes on the public health insurance option. The outcome will impact the rest of the health care debate.
Max Baucus chairs this committee — and he wrote the bad bill that we’re trying to change. But he’ll have an opportunity this week to vote the right way.
We can only put this ad on TV — and use it to pressure Max Baucus — if thousands of folks chip in. We’re aiming to raise $100,000 to air this ad. Can you help?
The vote on a public health insurance option in the Senate Finance Committee could be tomorrow. Your Senator sits on the Committee, so they need to hear from you!
Can you make another call to your Senator and ask them to vote for a public health insurance option? Click here to call.
Even if you’ve called already, please pick up the phone. It only takes a few minutes to have an impact on this crucial vote.
Thank you!
–Levana Layendecker
Health Care for America Now
Dr. Oz came to Houston and over 2000 people showed up for medical care. Over 33% of people in this area cannot afford or get healthcare insurance. For those who think they are immune to these problems, think again.
CIGNA says they are ‘A Business of Caring,’ but the reality is that they are getting filthy rich by denying basic coverage, specially to those patients that need it the most. Sick for Profit launched a contest to rename CIGNA’s advertising tagline. We received thousands of great real CIGNA taglines.
Watch the video featuring some of the finalists.
Now, it’s time to vote on your favorite tagline!
With the winning tagline, we’ll make CIGNA a new corporate logo, post it on Facebook, and send it CIGNA execs.
Thanks to your continuous effort we are able to expose CIGNAs true image of abuse and greed, a far cry from the caring company they pretend to be.
Yours,
Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Films team
Funny but accurate!!!
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