15,000 in DC to Demand Real Health Care Reform
Posted on July 7th, 2009 by admin in UncategorizedSenator Burris, Rep. Rush and Rep. Lipinski Sign on
Washington, DC - On Thursday June 25, 2009, Health Care for America Now (HCAN) - the nation’s largest health care campaign - held a large-scale rally at Upper Senate Park in Washington, DC and conducted the largest health care lobby day ever with more than 300 visits to Congressional offices on the Hill. 17 leaders from Illinois joined 15,000 health care leaders from across the country to lobby their congressional members and make sure the media knows exactly what we expect from health care reform.
Actress Edie Falco, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ),Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Representative Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Representative Charlie Rangel (D-NY), Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Labor and Community leaders, doctors, nurses, and everyday people with health care stories addressed a crowd of 15,000 who traveled to the nation’s capital from across the country to demand quality, affordable health care for all in 2009.