HEALTHCARE IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT THAT WE ALL DESERVE NOW
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Background
Adequate healthcare is a basic human right. We all deserve to know that we can get care for ourselves and our families throughout our lives, including during a pandemic.
But this administration and this Senate leadership has a vision of healthcare driven only by profit.
Republicans produced no platform for the 2020 election. Their policies will be dictated by Trump. That means:
Destroying the ACA and the loss of healthcare coverage for millions
Gutting Medicaid
Ending Medicare
Damaging the USPS - and those who depend on it for prescriptions
Protecting companies from liability for inadequate COVID-19 protections
Preventing the CDC and other federal agencies from adequately dealing with this pandemic
Considering our current COVID-19 death rate acceptable.
The published Democratic platform means:
Expanding the ACA
Eliminating junk healthcare insurance with limited coverage and pre-existing condition exclusions
Protecting and expanding Medicaid
Protecting Medicare
Protecting workers rights to safe workplaces
Protecting the USPS
Enacting the HEROES Act which makes protection, testing, and treatment more accessible and provides assistance to local governments and health worker.
In 67 days, your vote can make your choice heard. Today, use your voice to tell your MOC’s to protect the Post Office and pass the HEROES Act now.
1. Call the Senate.
Script for Sen. Merkley
Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
We all deserve adequate healthcare for ourselves and our families throughout our lives, including during a pandemic. We need action on the COVID-19 crisis now. The Senate must return and vote for the undiluted HEROES act and the Delivering For America Act now. I am asking the Senator to demand it. Americans deserve leadership that believes that healthcare is a basic human right and we need a functioning Post Office to ensure the fair and safe elections that can deliver it.
Script for Sen. Wyden
Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
We all deserve adequate healthcare for ourselves and our families throughout our lives, including during a pandemic. We need action on the COVID-19 crisis now. The Senate must return and vote for the undiluted HEROES act and the Delivering For America Act now. I am asking the Senator to demand it. Americans deserve leadership that believes that healthcare is a basic human right and we need a functioning Post Office to ensure the fair and safe elections that can deliver it.
2. Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling…
We all deserve adequate healthcare for ourselves and our families throughout our lives, including during a pandemic. We need action on the COVID-19 crisis now. The Senate must return and vote for the undiluted HEROES act and the Delivering For America Act now. I am asking the Representative to demand it. Americans deserve leadership that believes that healthcare is a basic human right and we need a functioning Post Office to ensure the fair and safe elections that can deliver it.
Script for Greg Walden (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
We all deserve adequate healthcare for ourselves and our families throughout our lives, including during a pandemic. We need action on the COVID-19 crisis now. The Senate must return and vote for the undiluted HEROES act and the Delivering For America Act now. I am asking the Representative to demand it. Americans deserve leadership that believes that healthcare is a basic human right and we need a functioning Post Office to ensure the fair and safe elections that can deliver it.
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
We all deserve adequate healthcare for ourselves and our families throughout our lives, including during a pandemic. We need action on the COVID-19 crisis now. The Senate must return and vote for the undiluted HEROES act and the Delivering For America Act now. I am asking the Representative to demand it. Americans deserve leadership that believes that healthcare is a basic human right and we need a functioning Post Office to ensure the fair and safe elections that can deliver it.
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
We all deserve adequate healthcare for ourselves and our families throughout our lives, including during a pandemic. We need action on the COVID-19 crisis now. The Senate must return and vote for the undiluted HEROES act and the Delivering For America Act now. I am asking the Representative to demand it. Americans deserve leadership that believes that healthcare is a basic human right and we need a functioning Post Office to ensure the fair and safe elections that can deliver it.
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
We all deserve adequate healthcare for ourselves and our families throughout our lives, including during a pandemic. We need action on the COVID-19 crisis now. The Senate must return and vote for the undiluted HEROES act and the Delivering For America Act now. I am asking the Representative to demand it. Americans deserve leadership that believes that healthcare is a basic human right and we need a functioning Post Office to ensure the fair and safe elections that can deliver it.
3. Get 2020 Ready.
Oregonians are joining with activists across the country to power a LANDSLIDE democratic victory in November 2020, from the White House to the Senate to the State Houses. Here’s how you can get involved:
Elections Power Hour weekly strategy call. Mondays at 5pm
Call Arizona voters. Thursdays, training at 5pm, calling begins at 5:30
Write letters to voters with Swing Left and Vote Forward. Saturdays 12-2pm
Write postcards to Voters of Color with Reclaim Our Vote. Sundays 3-5pm
Sources
Trump and Biden offer starkly different healthcare policies
CDC was pressured 'from the top down' to change coronavirus testing guidance, official says
Biden discusses healthcare plan at Dem convention
DNC 2020: How Joe Biden's health care plan would build on Obamacare
House HEROES Act Reflects Urgency of Ongoing Public Health and Economic Crises Caused by Coronavirus
