Rally for Public Option: State Capitol, October 14

Move-On.org/PAC is leading a rally for a public health care option, to be held on the front steps of the State Capitol Building on Wednesday October 14, 12 noon to 1pm. Speakers will be calling for a meaningful and robust public health insurance option. Petitions in support of HR 676 Single Payer will also be being circulated although Move-On locally and nationally has not adopted a Single Payer agenda.

Move-On is generally associated with large scale national internet campaigns. The October 14 event is however a very local grass-roots effort. The local Move-On chapter was organized about 6 weeks ago by a handful of local people, most of whom don't see themselves as political people. In many ways the health care issue has become the galvanizing force here. With the possibility of meaningful health care reform becoming dimmer and dimmer, folks decided that they needed to get active if any kind of positive change is going to happen.

Hmmm, but are these folks the the "backlash" the Senate Democrats were so worried about? If you remember last Sunday when the Senate Democrats scrambled to tweek the Baucus Bill fines and OK State governments to play the role of tribune of the poor and battle directly with the insurance company consortiums??? Even as they lined the pockets of the health insurance industry with 60 million customers mandated to buy inadequate coverage???

So, if you have the time, if you have a lunch, stop by. Every bit of fight back helps!