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Public
Employee Press
Unionists
HEAT up universal health care drive
With
roughly 2.8 million people throughout New York State lacking health insurance
coverage, DC 37 is preparing for a major campaign to engage members of the union’s
Health Education Activist Team in the fight for high-quality, affordable universal
health care.
Gov. Elliot Spitzer has promised to create a universal health
care program this year for the state’s 400,000 uninsured children in families
with incomes of up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. He has also pledged
to examine plans for a universal program for uninsured adults.
DC 37 HEAT activists
will play a critical role in the campaign to enact Spitzer’s program to fully
fund the expansion of Child Health Plus, which President Bush blocked.
HEAT
activists will also keep a close eye on the impact of Spitzer’s budget on
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s budget for city health services at the Dept. of
Health and Mental Hygiene and the Health and Hospitals Corp.
The HEAT campaign
should be in full swing by spring. The HEAT group will be working with the AFL-CIO
in a national campaign and is planning activities in support of universal health
insurance for National Health Care Month in April.
District Council 37
is asking members who want to join the campaign to protect health care for those
who have it and to provide secure care for those who don’t to fill out the
coupon below and return it to the union’s Political Action Dept. District
Council 37 is asking members who want to join the campaign to protect health care
for those who have it and to provide secure care for those who don’t
to:
Find
out more and take action today at : www.aflcio.org/healthcare
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