Will your townhall be invaded by HCAN "grassroots"?

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Here is some info on HCAN (Healthcare for America Now) including:

1). Names of it's 199 congressional supporters
2). Names of the (over 1000) organizations and unions comprising it's astroturf
3). The intent of "reform" HCAN members and supporters are planning (Maybe this is why congress people feel they don't need to read bills. They can just read the intentions of their lobbyists and know this is the bill's aim!)​

First, to help you understand who HCAN really is, here are the organizations that run it (the steering committee):

ACORN
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
AFT
Americans United for Change
Campaign for America’s Future
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Campaign for Community Change
Children’s Defense Fund Action Council
Communications Workers of America
International Union
United Automobile
Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
MoveOn.org
NAACP
National Council of La Raza
National Education Association
National Women’s Law Center
SEIU
UFCW
USAction
Women's Voices
Women's Vote and Working America​

Last week an email of HCAN's ant-liberty tactics was posted on a number of websites.
(To download the PDF: http://hcfan.3cdn.net/763d952c7bee4c4abe_12m6bxper.pdf )
Does your congress member agree with and support HCAN and these tactics?
He/She does if he's on this list:
Total number of Congressional Supporters: 199 (sic)
21 Senators, 179 Representatives (sic)

President Barack Obama

Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

Arizona

Representative* Raul Grijalva

Representative Ed Pastor

Arkansas

Representative Marion Berry

Representative Mike Ross

California

Representative Joe Baca

Representative Howard L. Berman

Representative Lois Capps

Representative Susan Davis

Representative Anna Eshoo

Representative Bob Filner

Representative Jane Harman

Representative Michael M. Honda

Representative Barbara Lee

Representative Doris Matsui

Representative Laura Richardson

Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard

Representative Linda Sanchez

Representative Loretta Sanchez

Representative Adam Schiff

Representative Brad Sherman

Representative Jackie Speier

Representative Pete Stark

Representative Mike Thompson

Representative Diane E. Watson

Representative Henry Waxman

Representative Lynn Woolsey

Colorado

Representative Diana DeGette

Representative Betsy Markey

Representative Jared Polis

Connecticut

Representative Joe Courtney

Representative Rosa DeLauro

Representative Jim Himes

Representative John B. Larson

Representative Christopher Murphy

District of Columbia

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

Florida

Representative Corrine Brown

Representative Kathy Castor

Representative Alan Grayson

Representative Kendrick B. Meek

Representative Wasserman Schultz

Representative Robert Wexler

Georgia

Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Representative Hank Johnson
Representative John Lewis

Hawaii

Senator Daniel K. Inouye

Representative Neil Abercrombie

Representative Mazie K. Hirono

Illinois

Senator Roland Burris

Senator Richard Durbin

Representative Danny K. Davis

Representative Luis V. Gutierrez

Representative Debbie Halvorson

Representative Phil Hare

Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Representative Daniel Lipinsky

Representative Bobby Rush

Representative Janice Schakowsky

Indiana

Representative Andre Carson

Iowa

Senator Tom Harkin

Representative Leonard L. Boswell

Representative Bruce Braley

Representative Dave Loebsack

Kansas

Representative Dennis Moore

Kentucky

Representative Ben Chandler

Representative John Yarmuth

Louisiana

Senator Mary Landrieu

Maine

Representative Michael Michaud

Representative Chellie Pingree

Maryland

Senator Benjamin Cardin

Senator Barbara Mikulski

Representative Elijah Cummings

Representative Donna F. Edwards

Representative Frank Kratovil

Representative Steny Hoyer

Representative C.A. (Dutch) Ruppersberger

Representative John Sarbanes

Representative Chris Van Hollen

Massachusetts

Senator John Kerry

Representative William Delahunt

Representative Jim McGovern

Representative John Tierney

Michigan

Senator Carl Levin

Senator Debbie Stabenow

Representative John Conyers, Jr.

Representative Dale E. Kildee

Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

Representative Sander Levin

Representative Gary Peters

Representative Mark Schauer

Minnesota

Senator Amy Klobuchar

Representative Keith Ellison

Representative Betty McCollum

Representative Jim Oberstar

Representative Tim Walz

Missouri

Senator Claire McCaskill

Representative Russ Carnahan

Representative Emanuel Cleaver

Nevada

Representative Shelley Berkley

Representative Dina Titus

New Hampshire

Senator Jeanne Shaheen

Representative Paul Hodes

Representative Carol Shea-Porter

New Jersey

Senator Frank R. Lautenberg

Senator Robert Menendez

Representative John Adler

Representative Rob Andrews

Representative Rush Holt

Representative Leonard Lance
Representative Frank LoBiondo

Representative Frank Pallone, Jr.

Representative Bill Pascrell

Representative Donald Payne

Representative Steven R. Rothman

Representative Albio Sires

Representative Chris Smith

New Mexico

Representative Martin Heinrich

Representative Ben Ray Lujan

Representative Harry Teague

New York

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Representative Michael A. Arcuri

Representative Timothy Bishop

Representative Yvette D. Clarke

Representative Joseph Crowley

Representative John Hall

Representative Brian Higgins

Representative Maurice Hinchey

Representative Steve Israel

Representative Nita M. Lowey

Representative Dan Maffei

Representative Carolyn Maloney

Representative Eric Massa

Representative Carolyn McCarthy

Representative Gregory W. Meeks

Representative Jerrold Nadler

Representative Charles B. Rangel

Representative Jose E. Serrano

Representative Paul Tonko

Representative Edolphus Towns

Representative Nydia Velazquez

Representative Anthony Weiner

North Carolina

Representative G.K. Butterfield

Representative Brad Miller

Representative David Price

Ohio

Representative John Boccieri

Representative Steve Driehaus

Representative Marcy Kaptur

Representative Mary Jo Kilroy

Representative Tim Ryan

Representative Zach Space

Representative Betty Sutton

Representative Charlie A. Wilson

Oregon

Senator Jeff Merkley

Representative Earl Blumenauer

Representative Peter DeFazio

Representative Kurt Schrader

Representative David Wu

Pennsylvania

Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.

Representative Jason Altmire

Representative Robert A. Brady

Representative Chris P. Carney

Representative Kathy Dahlkemper

Representative Mike Doyle

Representative Chaka Fattah

Representative Tim Holden

Representative Paul E. Kanjorski

Representative Patrick Murphy

Representative John Murtha

Representative Allyson Y. Schwartz

Representative Joe Sestak

Rhode Island

Representative Patrick J. Kennedy

Representative Jim Langevin

South Dakota

Senator Tim Johnson

Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

Tennessee

Representative Steve Cohen

Representative Jim Cooper

Texas

Representative Lloyd Doggett

Representative Charles A. Gonzalez

Representative Al Green

Representative Gene Green

Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee

Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson

Representative Silvestre Reyes

Representative Ciro D. Rodriguez

U.S. Virgin Islands

Congressman Donna M. Christensen

Vermont
Representative Peter Welch

Virginia

Senator Mark Warner

Representative Gerry Connolly

Representative James P. Moran

Representative Thomas Perriello

Washington

Representative Norman D. Dicks

Representative Jim McDermott

Representative Adam Smith

West Virginia

Representative Nick. J. Rahall

Wisconsin

Senator Herb Kohl

Representative Tammy Baldwin

Representative Steve Kagen

Representative Ron Kind

Representative Gwen Moore
source: http://blog.healthcareforamericanow.org/congressional-support-for-health-care-for-america-now/

 

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Who are HCAN's "grassroots"?

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women
• Abundant Children and Family Services
• ACORN*
• Adventists Community Services
• AFL-CIO*
• AFT*
• AIDS in Action
• Alliance for Retired Americans
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Nursing
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Family Voices
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees*
• American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
• American Medical Student Association
• American Nurses Association
• Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
• Americans United for Change*
• AskSlim.org
• Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Association for Better Insulation
• Black Women’s Health Imperative
• Brave New Films
• Bus Federation
• Cafemom.com
• Campaign for America’s Future*
• Campus Progress Action
• CareTALK
• Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
• Center for American Progress Action Fund*
• Campaign for Community Change*
• Center for Rural Affairs
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Center for Social and Economic Justice
• Child Advocate Network
• Children’s Defense Fund Action Council
• Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare
• Commonweal Institute
• Communications Workers of America (CWA)*
• Community Action Partnership
• Community Service Society
• Clergy Strategic Alliances, LLC
• CREDO Mobile
• Democracia Ahora
• Democracy for America
• Direct Care Alliance
• Eagle Medical Services
• Future Majority
• Gamaliel
• Generational Alliance
• Health Care for the 21st Century Consulting
• Healthcare United
• HIV Medicine Association
• Holman Healthcare Consulting
• Hope for Hepatitis C
• Human Rights Campaign
• International Federation of Black Prides, Inc.
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)*
• Jobs With Justice
• Latinos for National Health Insurance
• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)
• League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
• MDI Imported Car Service, Inc
• Moms for Universal Health Care on cafemom.com
• MoveOn.org*
• Muscular Dystrophy Foundation for Independent Living
• My Rural America (Action Fund)
• NAACP*
• National Abortion Federation
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
• National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
• National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
• National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers
• National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
• National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
• National Association of School-Based Health Care
• National Association for State Community Services Programs
• National Association of Hepatitis Task Forces
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• National Beauty Culturists’ League, Inc.
• National Cervical Cancer Coalition
• National Coalition for LGBT Health
• National Community Action Foundation
• National Consumers League
• National Council of Urban Indian Health
• National Council of Jewish Women
• National Council of La Raza*
• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
• National Education Association*
• National Foundation for Celiac Awareness
• National Institute for Reproductive Health
• National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
• National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
• National Minority Quality Forum
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• National Physicians Alliance
• National Women’s Health Network
• National Women’s Law Center*
• Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
• Out with Cancer, Inc
• Paint Lick Family Clinic, Inc
• PHI/Health Care for Health Care Workers
• Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Progressive Action Network
• Progress Now
• Progressive Future
• Progressive States Network
• Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
• Rock* the Vote
• Roosevelt Institution
• Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
• Service Employees International Union*
• Single Stop USA
• Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
• The Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust
• The Healthcare Coverage Post
• The League of Young Voters
• OWL -The Voice of Midlife and Older Women
• The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
• True Majority
• Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN)
• Union for Reform Judaism
• United Food and Commercial Workers*
• United Professionals
• USAction*
• USPIRG
• Votehealthcare.org
• White Crane Billing Solutions
• Women's Health Foundation
• Woman’s National Democratic Club
• Women’s Universal Health Initiative
• Women’s Voices for the Earth
• Women’s Voices. Women Vote.*
• Working America*
• Working Families Win
• Work Place Fairness
• YWCA – Young Women’s Christian Association
* Steering Committee Members
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Who are HCAN's "grassroots"? (Regional, state & Local)

REGIONAL, STATE BASED, AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

Alabama
• Health Care for Everyone -- Alabama
Alaska
• Alaska Center for Public Policy
• Alaska State Employees Association, AFSCME Local 52
Arizona
• Acorn Arizona
• Arizona Advocacy Network
• Interfaith Worker Justice of Arizona
• Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition
• The Sedona Observer
• A Magickal Moon
• American Self-Defense Academy
• Arcadia Flowers
• Armend’s
• Ashley Communications
• Astrea
• Avon by Mariposa
• AZ Autobody
• AZ Carburetors
• Beauty Terrace
• Caribbean Fusion
• Centro Comercial 2 Hermanos
• Chill
• Colmex Body Shop
• Conspire
• D’Aubyn Color
• Decoraciones y Accs El Girasol
• Deportes USA
• Desert Dogs + Desserts
• Discoteca Andrea
• Discoteca Joyas Musicales
• Discoteca Mitzy’s
• Do 99 Cent Store Inc
• Dollar Store
• Elite Cleaners
• Fashion Alma
• Flor de Michoacan
• Fotografia Archuleta
• GND
• Home Again Antiques
• Joyeria Gutierrez
• Joyeria La Prieta Linda
• La Constancia
• La Mejor Bakery
• La Pulgita
• La Taverna Mexican Grill
• Lalos Appliances
• Llantera ABY
• Llantera Mil Amores
• Los Armandos
• Los Picos Restaurant
• Lucero Dollar
• Made Art Boutique
• Marco’s Printing
• Melrose Pharmacy
• Mireya Beauty Salon
• Miriam Bridal
• Muebleria San Marcos
• Noris Manualidades
• Ojitos
• Old Town Trading Co.
• Paws Salon
• Pintor R.
• Piston de Oro
• Que Pachangas
• Patricia’s
• Porter Arts
• Red Wing Shoe Store
• Restaurant E. Farol LLC
• Revolver Records
• Rigo’s Barbershop
• Rodriguez Insurance
• Rust and Roses
• Salon Cristy
• Sasi Salon and Boutique
• Seaford and Co.
• Signature Gallery
• Smoke World
• Sunset Collections
• Tacos Buda
• Taqueria y Birrieria Jalisco
• Tempe Dzign Center
• Tempe Tan Bar
• The Art of Framing
• The Nile Café
• Tienda Centroamericana
• Tienda Dollar Mart
• Urban Earth Design LLC
• Websites of America
• WINIS, Inc.
• Yerberia El Mexicano
• Zamam’s Collection
• Rigos Locksmith
• Citizen Volunteers Limited


Arkansas
• A.Philip Randolph Institute
• Acorn Arkansas
• AEACAR Ed Association
• Arkansas Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
• Central Arkansas Labor & Trades Council
• In the Valley Consulting
• Las Delicias
• Mi Burrito Mexican Restaurant
• Park Hill Florist
• Print4Less
• SEIU Local 100
• Teamsters 878
• UFCW Local 2008
• Young Democrats of Faulkner County
• CHOICE Hot Springs- Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma
• Pinal County Democrats
• IUE/CWA #61113
• LW Heating Air, Inc.
• Social and Art Club
• Arkansas Public Health Association
• Saint James United Methodist Church
• Unocom
• Union Baptist Church
• Preach the Word
• Galilee Missionary Baptist Church

California
• ACORN California
• California Partnership (NWFCO/CCC)
• California Immigrant Policy Center
• CALPIRG
• Conner’s Cause for Children (CA)
• Desert AIDS Project
• Health Access California
• LA Health Action
• Western Regional Advocacy Project
• National Council of Jewish Women CA Chapter
• California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
• Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
• ACLU of Southern California
• Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
• United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals
• Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
• Organizing for America, San Anselmo
• Screen Actors Guild
• Congress of California Seniors
• Americans for Democratic Action, So. Cal Ch.
• California Women's Agenda
• Libreria del Pueblo, Inc.
• COFEM
• Southern California Rehabilitation Service
• Having Our Say
• Childrens Defense Fund – California
• California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
• SEIU United Service Workers West
• Community Health Councils, Inc.
• SEIU Local 721
• AFSCME California People
• Community Health Councils, Inc.
• Planned Parenthood of Affiliates of CA
• SEIU CA State Council
• SEIU Local 721
• Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network
• Asian Immigrant Women Advocates
• Silicon Valley Action Network
• Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo
• California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation

Colorado
• 9 to 5 Colorado
• AFL-CIO
• AFSCME
• Colorado Acorn
• Colorado AFT
• Colorado Education Association
• Colorado for Health Care
• Colorado Jobs with Justice
• Colorado Progressive Action (NWFCO/CCC)
• Colorado Progressive Coalition
• Essence of Illumination and Therapeutic Massage
• FRESC
• Health Care for All Colorado
• National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Assn
• National Physicians Alliance
• New Era Colorado
• Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
• Progress Now Action
• Rocky Mountain District Council of Labor
• SEIU Local 105
• Sisters of Color United for Education
• Universalist Church of Greeley Social Justice Committee
• Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
• United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7
• Colorado Nurses Association
• Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Friends Service Committee
• Colorado Voices for Coverage Coalition
• Communication Workers of America
• Democracia USA/ Democracia Ahora
• Denver Area Labor Federation
• Greeley Interfaith Association
• Healthcare United
• Jefferson Unitarian Church – Peace, Justice, Liberty Task Force
• Lambda Community Center
• Network of Spiritual Progressives
• Northern Colorado Aids Project
• Rights for All People/Derechos Para Todos
• Colorado Nurses Association
• Hunger for Justice

Connecticut

• ACORN – CT
• AFSCME
• AFT CT
• AFL-CIO
• IAM
• Connecticut Citizen Action Group
• Connecticut Education Association
• Connecticut Association for Human Services
• Planned Parenthood
• SEIU
• United Action of Connecticut
• UAW
• Universal Health Care Foundation of CT
• Alliance for Retired Americans
• Citizens for Economic Opportunity (CEO)
• UFCW
• CT Parent Power
• Working Families Win
• CT Center for a New Economy
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• IBEW
• Carpenters

Delaware

• Acorn Delaware
• BMWED/Teamster
• DE HIV Consortium
• Delaware Artisans Cooperative
• Delaware Watch
• Democratic Talk Radio (DE)
• Each One Teach One
• Gateway House/Reachout
• Laborers of Delaware Local Union 199
• New Castle Community Partnership, Inc.
• Delaware AFL-CIO
• Planned Parenthood
• Commissioner Health Outreach Faith Community
• SEIU
• Alliance for Health Care Reform
• Delaware Pacem in Terris
• DE AFSCME
• APRI
• Spirit of Life Church
• UAW Local 1183
• Amalgamated Transit Union
• Hope of a Global Community
• COSMO

Florida

• Acorn Florida
• Florida CHAIN
• Florida Consumer Action Network
• Human Services Coalition of Dade County
• Kids that Care Pediatric & Cancer Fund
• Progress Florida
• Duval County for Change
• AFL-CIO
• AFSCME
• Farm Workers Association
• Florida Education Association
• Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
• Florida Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
• Hispanic Health Initiative
• Jobs with Justice
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• Planned Parenthood
• SEIU
• Boca-Delray Democratic Club
• Progressive Push
• SEIU Florida Healthcare Union
• Sarasotaforobama

Georgia

• 9 to 5 Atlanta Working Women
• Blacks Against Black Crime, Inc.
• Center for Children and Education
• Coalicion de Lidres Latinos
• Cobb Immigrant Alliance
• Feminist Women’s Health Center
• GA Equality
• GA Planned Parenthood
• GA Wand (Women’s Action for New Directions)
• Georgia Coalition for People’s Agenda
• Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights
• Georgia Rural Urban Summit
• Georgians for Gun Safety
• Harlem (GA) Neighborhood Development Authority
• Hyde Park and Argon Park Improvement Association
• Mary Utley Center
• Mexican American Student Organization (MASA)
• Ryan White Program
• SisterLove, Inc.
• Sister Song
• Georgia Employee Association, Inc

Hawaii

• Faith Action for Community Equity(NWFCO/CCC)
• Hawaii FACE

Idaho

• Idaho Community Action Network(NWFCO/CCC)
• The Interfaith Alliance of Idaho
• United Action for Idaho
• Debbie Holmes for Congress
• Working Families Win
• Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest - Idaho
• Idaho Women's Network
• Centro de Comunidad y Justicia

Illinois

• AFSCME Council 31
• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 416
• Chicago Jobs with Justice
• Citizen Action/Illinois
• Chicago Teachers Union
• Coalition of Labor Union Women of Illinois
• Illinois NAACP
• Protestants for the Common Good
• SEIU Illinois Council
• United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1546
• AMSA - Northwestern University
• Chicago Jobs Council
• Northwest Suburban (Chicago) Chapter of the National Organization for Women
• Butternut Chapter - Illinois Organizing for America
• Illinois Coalition for Adolescent Health
• Save the Patient
• Dupage Residents Networking for Change
• Black Women for Reproductive Justice
• Asian Health Coalition of Illinois

Indiana

• Acorn Indiana
• Central Indiana Jobs with Justice
• Planned Parenthood of Indiana

Iowa

• Acorn - Iowa
• AFSCME Iowa Council 61
• Alliance for Global Justice
• American Medical Student Assn Des Moines University Ch.
• American Medical Student Assn University of Iowa Ch.
• Child & Family Policy Center
• Communication Workers of America - Iowa
• Every Child Matters Iowa
• Iowa Caregivers Association
• Iowa Citizen Action Network
• Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
• Iowa Community Action Association
• Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church
• Iowa for Health Care
• Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
• Iowa Planned Parenthood Affiliate League
• MoveOn.org-Iowa
• Progressive Action for the Common Good
• Progressive Coalition of Central
• Iowa
• Quad Cities Federation of Labor
• SEIU – Iowa
• UFCW – Iowa
• Visiting Nurse Services, (Polk County Iowa)
• Working Families Win - Iowa
• Southwest Iowa Latino Resource Center

Kansas

• Acorn Kansas
• Community Resources Council
• Interfaith Ministries, Wichita
• Kansas NAMI
• Kansas NEA
• Kansas Sunflower
• Kansas Young Dems
• Labor Federation of America, Wichita
• SEIU Local 1, Kansas City
• Topeka AIDS Project
• Topeka CCHD
• Kansas Organization of State Employees (KOSE)

Louisiana

• Acorn Louisiana
• Asia Baptist Church
• Coalition for Veterans Rights
• Committee to Reopen Charity
• Covenant House
• In This Together
• Light City Church
• Louisiana AFL-CIO
• Louisiana Health Care Matters
• Louisiana Justice Institute
• Louisiana Maternal and Child Health Coalition
• Lower Mid-City Association
• NO-AIDS Task Force
• Mary Queen of Vietnam
• Pax Christi New Orleans
• SEIU Local 100
• United Teachers of New Orleans(UTNO)/American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• Newmark Construction, Inc.
• Hope United BC
• Rick Brown Construction
• H&K Concrete
• Jae's Plumbing and Construction LLC
• Dave Capasso & Associates
• Triple L, Ink Graphic Design
• Communities Collaborating for Economic Development
• Rejoice Inc.

Maine

• AFSCME
• Centro Latino
• Engage Maine
• Equality Maine
• Kennebec Valley Organization (KVO)
• Maine Center for Economic Policy
• Maine Education Association
• Main Equal Justice Partners
• Maine People's Alliance
• Maine Women’s Lobby
• MoveOn.org Portland Maine Council
• MSEA-SEIU
• Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Tengo Voz

Maryland

• 1199-SEIU
• Acorn Maryland
• AFL-CIO
• AFSCME
• Alliance for Retired Americans
• CASA
• Maryland Citizens Health Initiative
• Maryland Women's Coalition for Health Care Reform
• National Alliance for Mental Illness
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Council of Jewish Women
• Planned Parenthood
• Progressive Maryland
• Teachers-MSTA
• Union for Reform Judaism
• UFCW
• United Workers Association
• YWCA
• Montgomery Health Care ACTION
• United Seniors of Maryland

Massachussetts

• Alliance to Defend Health Care (MA)
• Alliance to Develop Power
• AFSCME Council 93 - Local 747
• Bellingham Police Association
• Bellingham Permanent Firefighters Association

Michigan

• Acorn Michigan
• American Friends Service Committee- Inclusive Justice Program
• Michigan Citizen Action
• Michigan Gamaliel
• Michigan Legal Services
• MichUCHAN
• Progressive Democrats of West Michigan
• Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
• MI Afscme
• SEIU Healthcare Michigan
• Health and Hope Coalition
• Operating Engineers Local 547
• Metro Detroit AFL-CIO
• U of M Medical Students
• MI Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
• Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
• Triangle Foundation
• ACCESS
• Mid Michigan Coalition for National Health Care Reform

Minnesota

• Education Minnesota
• Minnesota Gamaliel
• Take Action Minnesota
• Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
• SEIU MN
• AFL-CIO
• AFSCME
• CDF
• Communications Workers State Council
• IUE-CWA Local 1140
• Unite Here

Missouri

• Missouri Acorn
• Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition
• Womens Voices Raised for Social Justice
• Howard County Progressives
• MASW- Missouri Association for Social Welfare
• Democracy for Missouri
• Laborers Local 773
• Missouri Women’s Network
• Carpenters Local 1925
• Jefferson City Capitol Women's Political Caucus

Montana

• AFSCME, Council 9
• Big Sky Central Labor Council
• Blue Mountain Clinic
• Carpenters Union, Local 28
• Central Montana Central Labor Council
• Children's Defense Fund - Montana
• Forward Montana
• Great Falls Interfaith Assoc.
• Greater Yellowstone Central Labor Council
• HomeWORD
• Indian People's Action
• Missoula Area Central Labor Council
• MEA-MFT
• Montana AFL-CIO
• Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
• Montana Association of Churches
• Montana Human Rights Network
• MONTPIRG
• North-Missoula Community Development Corporation
• NWFCO Montana
• Opportunities, Inc.
• Planned Parenthood of Montana, Inc.
• Progressive Democrats of Montana
• Raise Montana
• SEIU Health Care 775 Northwest
• UNITE HERE! Local 427
• WEEL
• Western Progress
• WEAVE
• YWCA-Missoula
• Indian People's Action
• Children's Defense Fund - Montana
• AFSCME, Council 9
• MONTPIRG

Nebraska

• Nebraska Appleseed
• NAPE/AFSCME Local 61
• Planned Parenthood of Nebraska & Council Bluffs
• Nebraskans for Peace

Nevada

• Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN)
• Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living
• Cooperativa de Familias Unidas
• Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
• Washoe County Democratic Party Latino Coaltion
• Clark County Democratic Black Caucus


New Hampshire

• Granite State Organizing Project
• New Hampshire Citizens Alliance
• New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition
• SEIU – Americans for Health Care
• Working Families Win
• Granite State Progress
• New Hampshire AFL-CIO

New Jersey

• 1199 SEIU Health Care Workers East
• AFL-CIO NJ
• AFSCME Council 1
• Alliance for Disabled in Action, Inc
• BlueWave NJ
• CWA District One
• Democracia Ahora New Jersey
• CWA Local 1032
• Garden State Equality
• Grassroots 4 Change
• Family Voices NJ
• Health Professionals and
• Allied Employees
• Health Care for All—NJ
• Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministries of New Jersey
• Hispanic Directors Association of NJ
• National Association of Social Workers,
• NJ Chapter
• Mighty Middlesex Advocates
• New Jersey Citizen Action
• New Labor
• New Jersey Region of the Workmen's Circle/Arbiter Ring
• New Jersey Education Association
• NEXT STEP
• New Jersey West Hudson Valley Council Union for Reform Judaism
• Planned Parenthood Affiliates of
• New Jersey Council
• North Jersey Grassroots
• National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) – NJ Health Care Coalition
• SEIU New Jersey State
• South Jersey Grassroots
• Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
• Women’s Opportunity Center
• Hyacinth AIDS Foundation

New Mexico

• Acorn New Mexico
• Beyond Borders
• Big Star Tire Shop
• Book Case
• Book Stop
• Café Giuseppe
• Carlisle Health and Rehab Center
• Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU
• Coronado Boot & Shoe Repair
• Cutie Pie Boutique
• Downtown Books
• Fixed and Free Bike Shop
• Gallery One
• Gladstone Automotive
• Guerrilla Graphix
• Health Action New Mexico
• Healthcare United New Mexico
• Jake’s 4th Street Barber Shop
• Java Joe’s
• Kyle Zimmerman Photography
• La Familiar Restaurant
• Mariachi Tierra Encantada
• New Mexico Conference of Churches
• New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum
• New Mexico Tea Company
• Owl Green’s Music
• Rasoli Indian Restaurant
• Route 66 Cleaners
• SEIU-Healthcare New Mexico
• Silver Skate Shop
• Spirit River Healing Art
• St. Martin’s Hospitality Center (shelter)
• Standard Diner
• Storehouse Food Pantry
• Sumner & Dene Gallery
• Sunshine Café
• 10 Oh 2 Park Avenue Hair Salon
• The Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice
• The Bike Coope
• Tiger Lily Floral Design
• Toad Road Boutique
• Winnings Coffee
• Ziggy and Zoe’s Antiques
• AFSCME Council 18
• Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice
• Artichoke CaféBarelas Coffee House
• Bikram’s Yoga Downtown
• Cecilia Café
• Crystal Dove
• Downtown Printing
• Enlace Comunitario
• Farina Pizzeria
• Fresco Harmony
• Papers
• Peacecraft`
• Planned Parenthood of New Mexico
• Veggiegrowers
• SW Creations Collaborative
• El Centro de Igualidad y Derechos
• Jivan Lee Consulting
• Virdiana Jasso, Self-Employed at MDK
• Red Ball Cafe
• Progressive Change New Mexico

New York

• ACORN New York
• Alcorn Studio and Gallery
• AMSA Chapter for Albany Medical College
• Arise (NY)
• Chemung/Schulyer Multi-Union Retirees
• Citizen Action of New York
• Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State
• Make the Road NY
• Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign
• New York State United Teachers
• PEF Retirees Chapter 2
• Rekindling Reform
• Rochester Faith Community for Obama
• Stop & Shop
• Unite Here Rochester Regional Joint Board
• Upper Hudson Peace Action
• NASW
• NYC for Change.org
• Westchester Health Care Reform Task Force
• New York State Association on Independent Living
• Results of Western New York
• Sheehan Memorial Hospital
• Western New York Health Care Campaign
• Community Service Society (asked to be listed under NY as well as Nationally)
• Working Families Party
• 7 Valley Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Inc.
• Zonta Club of Cortland
• American Association of University Women – Cortland Branch
• League of Women Voters – Cortland
• Access to Independence of Cortland County, Inc.
• New York Immigration Coalition
• CWA District 1
• Long Island Mid-Suffolk Business Action
• New York State Public Health Association
• Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic
• Planned Parenthood of Nassau County
• Reach Out America
• New York Statewide Senior Action Council
• Capital Region ACORN
• Coalition on Economic Justice/Buffalo Jobs with Justice
• Christian Medical and Dental Association of WNY
• Good Neighbors Health Care
• North Fork Spanish Apostolate
• South Asian Council for Social Services

North Carolina

• Acorn NC
• Health Policy Class, North Carolina Central University
• North Carolina Fair Share
• Sanderson High School Young Democrats
• Latin American Coalition
• Triad Senior Solutions
• Endicott Repair

North Dakota

• NDPeople.org
• SEIU
• ND AARP
• ND Education Association
• ND Nurses Association
• AAP
• Childrens Caucus
• Prevent Child Abuse ND
• AFL-CIO

Ohio

• Acorn Ohio
• Grassroots Dayton
• Ohio Faith & Democracy Collaborative
• Progress Ohio
• TERKK'S/CROSS Consumer Recovery Outreach Support Services
• Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio
• We are the Uninsured
• Working Families Win Ohio Chapter
• Children's Defense Fund - Ohio
• Northwest Ohio Universal Health Care Action Network (NWO/UHCAN)
• SEIU 1199
• AFSCME Ohio Council 8
• National Physicians Alliance
• UFCW 1059
• Ohio Federation of Teachers
• Toledo Jobs with Justice
• Columbus Jobs with Justice
• OCSEA
• SEIU Local 1
• Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good - Ohio
• Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Ohio
• Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio
• Ohio AFL-CIO
• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
• Alliance of Retired Americans - Ohio
• OAPSE
• National Association of Social Workers
• UA Plumbers & Fitters Local 50 (UA Local 50)
• Campaign for Community Change
• League of Young Voters
• BLET Ohio
• Ohio Academy of Pediatrics
• UCC Church in America Justice and Witness Ministry
• Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies
• Ohio Education Association
• Ohio Jewish Communities, Governmental Affairs
• Ohio Nurses Association
• Alliance of Informed Citizens of Northwest Ohio

Oklahoma

• Kid Kampus Child Care
• Oklahomans for Universal Health Care

Oregon

• Adventist Community Services
• AFSCME Council 75
• Alliance for Retired Americans
• CAUSA
• Children First for Oregon
• Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
• Healthcare United - OR
• Jackson County Democrats
• NAMI
• National Council of Jewish Women
• National Nursing Network Organization - OR
• NWFCO/C
• CC – Oregon
• Oregon Action
• Oregon AFL-CIO
• Oregon Student Association
• PCUN) Northwest Treeplanters & Farmworkers United
• Planned Parenthood Columbia-Willamette
• Portland Acorn
• Rural Organizing Project
• SEIU
• Social Justice Alliance of Josephine County
• UFCW Local 55
• Community Action Team, Inc.
• Oregon Bus Project
• Oregon Nurses Association

Pennsylvania

• Acorn Pennsylvania
• Main Line Progressive Action Network
• Montgomery Borough
• Nirvanaland Wellness
• NEPA Operation Democracy Citizens in Action
• North Eastern Pennsylvania Health Care Task Force
• Penn Action
• Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network
• Philadelphia Unemployment Project
• Vanessa Brown 2008
• PA Coalition to End Homelessness
• Cumberland County Pennsylvania Young Democrats (CCPAYD)
• Sacred House of One People
• OFA of Central PA
• Congreso de Latinos de Unidos, Inc.

Rhode Island

• Mental Health Association of Rhode Island
• Mental Health Consumer Advocates of RI
• NAMI Rhode Island
• National Association of Social Workers – Rhode Island Chapter
• Ocean State Action
• Planned Parenthood of RI
• RI National Organization of Women
• Rhode Island Medical Society
• Rhode Island State Nurses Association
• Rhode Island Foster Parents Association
• Save our Mental Health Services Coalition (RI)
• United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island
• Wisdom, Empowerment, Health, Education, Advocacy, & Liberation - (Northeast Radical Health Network)
• African Alliance of Rhode Island
• RI Professional Latinos Association
• SEIU RI State Council
• NEA RI
• Asociacion de Venezolanos
• Gray Panthers
• Urban League of RI

South Dakota

• NWFCO/CCC South Dakota
• South Dakota Advocacy Network for Women
• South Dakota Democracy in Action
• UFCW Local #304A
• South Dakota Peace and Justice
• South Dakota Labor Federation
• Planned Parenthood MN-SD
• Cheyenne River Youth Project
• SD American Association of University Women

Tennessee

• Center for Community Change - TN
• Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute
• Tennessee Acorn
• Tennessee Citizen Action
• Tennessee Disability Coalition
• UNITE HERE Local 847
• SEIU
• Tennessee Health Care Campaign (THCC)
• NASW
• AFL-CIO
• Murfreesboro Community Organizers

Texas

• Acorn – Texas
• Acorn – San Antonio
• Planned Parenthood
• SEIU
• TexPIRG
• TSTA/NEA (Texas State Teachers Assn)

Utah
• Utah Health Policy Project

Vermont

• Vermont Public Interest Research Group
• Vermont NEA
• AFL-CIO
• Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
• Democracy for Vermont
• Vermont State Employee's Association

Virginia

• Arlington County Retirees Association
• Virginia AFL-CIO
• Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
• Virginia Organizing Project (NWFCO/CCC)

Washington

• ACORN
• National Physicians Alliance
• Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
• Planned Parenthood
• SEIU Washington State Council
• Washington Community Action Network
• Washington Federation of State Employees
• Washington State Labor Council
• United Food & Commercial Workers Local 21
• Alternative Healing Network
• American Federation of Government Employees Local 3937
• American Federation of Government Employees D11

Washington, DC
• DC Fights Back
• Washington DC Area Gluten Free Dinner Club
• Justice Through Music

West Virginia

• Daymark, Inc.
• National Association of Social Workers West Virginia Chapter
• National Rural Social Work Caucus- (WV)
• West Virginia AFL-CIO
• West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
• West Virginia Citizen Action Group
• West Virginia FREE (Focus: Reproductive Education and Equality)
• West Virginia Health Right, Inc.
• West Virginia Health Kids and Families Coalition
• SEIU District 1199
• North Central WV Democracy for America

Wisconsin

• ACORN
• AFSCME
• AFT-Wisconsin
• Citizen Action of Wisconsin
• Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups
• Coalition for Wisconsin Health
• Community Advocates, Inc.
• Disability Rights Wisconsin
• Grassroots North Shore
• Grassroots Citizens of Wisconsin
• Milwaukee 9to5
• One Wisconsin Now
• Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI)
• Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations
• SEIU
• Voces de la Frontera
• UFCA 1473
• Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americns
• Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
• Wisconsin Council of Children and Families
• Wisconsin Council of Churches
• WISDOM
• Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC)
• Wisconsin Farmers Union
• Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
• Wisconsin Laborers District Council (LIUNA)
• Wisconsin State AFL-CIO

Regional

• Northeast Action
• Democracy South

Other

• Helpinghandmc
• ITGLWF Philippines Council
• Pharmahelper.c

Source: http://healthcareforamericanow.org/site/content/who_we_are/
download PDF (11 pages) http://hcfan.3cdn.net/639c19873bab831338_flm6bx98i.pdf

 

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What Kind of reform do HCAN supporters intend to pass?

When asking questions at townhall meetings, perhaps we can focus less on what's currently written in the bill (which they haven't read), and MORE on HCAN's intentions, which these congress members are obviously aware of, and have expressed agreement with, through their support of HCAN?
i.e. "I see you support HCAN and their goals. How do you envision healthcare be payed for when you support equal coverage for anyone that ever decides to enter the US, even if they do so illegally? You would essentially be inviting everyone on earth to America for free healthcare, a goal which could never be sustained."

(from HCAN website)
What Does Comprehensive Reform Mean For Me?

Immigrants
We believe that immigrants – regardless of their legal status – should be covered by the new system and be responsible for contributing to their health care coverage like everyone else. We also want to be sure that the different views that people have on immigration policy do not block moving ahead with health care reform. If we did that, only the insurance companies and other opponents of reform would benefit. In fact, many opponents of real reform will use this and other issues to try to divide supporters of change.

Unionized workers
Our current health care system is unaffordable for working families, employers, and the government. Workers and their unions often have to bargain away needed pay increases to maintain their health care benefits because of skyrocketing health care costs. By making health care costs a responsibility of all employers, unionized employers will no longer have to compete with non-union firms that don’t pay for good health coverage or any coverage at all. Your union will continue to bargain over health care and determine the level of benefits and employee costs through that process.

People and communities of color
The facts are sobering. An African American woman is twice as likely to die from breast cancer as a white woman. Hispanics in America are seven times more likely to die from diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. To provide equal health care for all we need to invest in health care in all our communities. We need to be sure that we have doctors and other providers who understand the language and culture of all our communities. We need to collect good data and research on the best treatments for people of all races (too often researchers study health care among only whites.)

Doctors, hospitals and other medical professionals
Health care reform will emphasize quality care, including coverage for prevention and primary care and good management of chronic conditions. A reformed system will reimburse time spent on prevention and disease management. Guaranteeing coverage for all will mean that doctors, hospitals, and other providers won’t be faced with patients who need care but don’t have coverage. The choice of a public health insurance plan will mean that patients will have at least one payer that provides a choice of providers, without being subject to the claims denials and billing hassles of private health insurers. The greater adoption of health information technology will mean better information on patients’ health history and less paperwork.

Insurance Companies
The government needs to act as a watchdog over all health insurance plans so that consumers are no longer at the mercy of private insurance companies who can act however they please. For example, the government will impose stringent new rules that include prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions and will require all health insurance to include good benefits that meet a person’s health care needs from prevention to care for serious illness.

Small Businesses
Health care reform will make health coverage affordable to small employers that are paying too much for health care or are unable to offer health coverage to their employees now. The main reason small employers do not offer health coverage to their employees is because it is simply too expensive. Health care reform will provide subsidies to small employers to help them contribute to their employees’ coverage or allow small businesses to pay into a fund that will offer their employees a choice of affordable private or public health insurance.
The Main Street Alliance— a national network of small business coalitions that is working with Health Care for America Now — commissioned a survey of 1,200 small business owners and found that small business owners want real health reform, are willing to contribute, and want a quality public health insurance option. For more information about small businesses and the Main Street Alliance, please visit http://www.mainstreetalliance.org.

People with chronic diseases
HCAN is advocating for reforms that will require all insurers to provide standard, comprehensive health care benefits that meet your needs from preventive to chronic care management services. The plan will have low out-of-pocket costs (like co-pays) so you can afford to get the medical care you need at any time. The public health insurance option will allow patients to choose their doctor and hospital. Additionally, insurance companies will be required to cover pre-existing conditions so everyone regardless of health status or history can get comprehensive benefits at fair and stable premiums.

You and your family
It will give your family a choice. HCAN is fighting for a uniquely American solution that guarantees quality coverage you can afford and gives you real choice: keep your private insurance plan or join a new public health insurance plan so you are no longer at the mercy of the private insurance industry. No matter which you choose, you are guaranteed standard, comprehensive benefits that meet your needs, and you’ll pay for insurance based on your income. You will have a choice of doctors, health providers, and private or public health insurance plans, without gaps in coverage or access and a delivery system that meets the needs of at-risk populations.
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More:
You can download an 11 page PDF with more of HCAN's intentions including:
How will we pay for it?
How much will it cost? Where will we get the money?
How will health care reform save money?
Given our economic mess, how can we afford health care reform?
What’s the process in Congress to pass reform?
How We Can Win
How is HCAN funded?
How is HCAN governed?
Are you part of the Obama administration?
How can I join HCAN?
What can you do to help?
http://hcfan.3cdn.net/c6bc0b70a045aa4e7c_zfm6bntn6.pdf