Obama must continue with his original plan for a "public option."
Barbara Lurie
Retiree
Delray Beach, FL
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I’m a union member for 20 years and have been part of the union movement with my mother, a 30-year retired member. We should mobilize a rally to support the Obama healthcare reform. There has always been strength in numbers and having a public platform with the membership speaks volumes.
I think it is awful that the right-wingers are given media attention to spew misinformation and hate. We should be more pro-active to support Obama and Dennis Rivera in providing healthcare coverage to the working poor and those citizens without medical coverage. It is time for corporate greed to be addressed so that working Americans can support their families and be able to have medical coverage.
Lisa Mitchelson
Labor-management consultant
1199SEIU Labor Management Project
New York City
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From the top (EVPs, VPs, managers and supervisors) on down in our Union, we should be trained to speak professionally about this issue and form a posse that will do press conferences with other Unions around the country. Education is the key. Not only our members in the institutions but also the community must be educated. We have talented people in our Union who are not using their talents to their full potential.
Gigi Mizzi
MR legal representative
Southampton Hospital
Southampton, NY
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I strongly support a single payer system. Although this does not seem feasible politically at this time, I hope our union and Americans in general can work toward this goal.
Rosemarie Bone
Social worker
New York Presbyterian/Columbia U. Medical Center
New York City
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I think we need to focus more on fixing the system we have rather than abandoning it for a system that is clearly failing in other countries. We have the best doctors and nurses and we need to fix this system so it can stay that way.
We also need to stop all the fraudulent lawsuits that drive up medical malpractice insurance and we need to have more doctors and nurses so they work less hours. Most of all, get rid of 90 percent of the paperwork and red tape so health care workers can have time to give health care.
Bonnie Brown
Recreation leader
Lakeside Nursing Home
Ithaca, NY
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