Reform Requires Your Involvement

June 2009 Newsletter

If you have ever felt insecure about your health care situation, you know how much we need to reform the current system. If we act now, we can help shape reform that works for rural America. Specifically, as our senators in Washington, D.C. consider solutions to America’s health care challenges, they need to hear from rural voters, small business owners and family farmers and ranchers.

Your senators need to hear your story, and I know rural people have health care stories to tell. I’ve heard some of them.

One farmer talked about getting kicked off his insurance plan because he got diabetes. A young couple who just opened a small business talked about how they can only afford health insurance for two of the three family members, so mom goes without.

Another woman, with her 3 children in tow, talked about how far she had to drive to get her kids their shots. Folks have opened up to me about the need for preventative care, more medical professionals in their communities, better access to healthy food, and the need for a public insurance option.

Will you write to your senator today and tell your story?

When you write to your senators, here are some points to include:

Get personal. Write about your own health care experience or the importance of health care in your community.

Rural America needs health care reform that provides quality, affordable options to everyone; treats rural providers fairly; and creates incentives to keep our medical providers in our small towns.

Our rural economy is dominated by owner-operated farms, ranches and small businesses. Reform must provide options – including a public health insurance option – for small business and their employees.

Find the address to mail your letter to at Congress.org. And write your letter now, today.

Contact: Steph Larsen, StephL@cfra.org or 402.687.2103 x1014 for more information or to let us know you took action.

Comments

health "insurance"

Wed, 06/10/2009 - 07:40 — Jill Herendeen (not verified)

Unless someone comes up with a way to have "health insurance" which actually insures access to health care, instead of the protection racket which currently operates under that name and Medicaid which doesn't kick in until AFTER the family is bankrupted, then what we REALLY need is universal, single-payer health care. Other countries manage to have this, and to spend LESS than we already are spending for insuring only PART of our population. If Congress is calculated to be unwilling to agree to this, then something is wrong with CONGRESS, and something should be done about CONGRESS.