Support the Public Option!

Organizations in Support of a Robust Public Option:

A Woman's Fund, Inc.

Action Now

Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc.

AIDS Foundation of Chicago

AIDS Legal Council of Chicago

Alley Gallery

Amy & Rosie's B&B

The Arc of Illinois

Avalon Park Community Church

Berry United Methodist Church

Breast Cancer Network of Strength

CCCC

Central Illinois Organizing Project

Chicago Central Council of MoveOn.org

Chicago Chapter-National Black Nurses Association

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

Chicago Federation of Labor - AFL-CIO

Chicago Women's Caucus for Art

Church Women United of Illinois

Citywide Services

CKD LLC

Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois

Colleen McKeown Lactation Consulting Inc.

Community Health Promotion

Community Media Workshop

Community Renewal Society

Compassionate Care Hospice

Daystar Books

DMW and Associates, Inc.

Dogtown Artworks

DuPage Residents for Change

El Mensajero

El Valor

Grassroots Collaborative

Health and Disability Advocates

Healthcare Consortium of Illinois

HealthConnect One

HealthMax, Inc.

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights

IBEW Local 21

IL/IA Center for Independent Living

Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention

Illinois Assistive Technology Program

Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition

Illinois Nurses Association

Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing

IMPACT CIL

Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs

J&C Psychotherapy

Jacksonville MoveOn

Karen's Cheesecake Confections

La Causa Community Committee

Labor Council of West Central Illinois

Laborers Local1092

League of Women Voters of Champaign County

League of Women Voters of Downers Grove/Woodridge/Lisle

League of Women Voters of Lake County

Lifelink Healthy Families

Maternal Child Health Network

Mennonite Church U.S.A.

Midwest Latino Health Research Training and Policy Center

MoveOn

MoveOn-Southside

MoveOn.org -Chicago Area Councils

National Association of Social Workers - Illinois Chapter

National Council of Jewish Women

National Council of Jewish Women IL State Public Affairs Committee

New Vision of Hope Foundation

No Wooden Nickels

Norma Jean Sanders Free Clinic

Pediatric AIDS Chicago Prevention Initiative

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Protestants for the Common Good

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Sierra Friends Center

South District Illinois Conference AME Church

St. Clement's Episcopal Church

St. Donatus Catholic Church

Student Nurse-Midwife UIC

Supportive Housing Providers Association

Teamsters Local 705

Temple Jeremiah

Test Positive Aware Network

Timeless Toys Ltd.

Total Health Awareness Team

UIC School of Public Health

United Auto Workers Region 4

United Church of Christ Justice & Witness Team, IL S. Conference

United Congregations of Metro-East

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) - Western Region

Voices for Illinois Children

Wabash Area Development, Inc.

Women and Community Outreach Committee

World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women - Midwest Region

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Take a Stand. Give us Choice. Give us a Strong Public Option!

Americans overwhelmingly support the right to choose. Americans should not be denied the right to choose between a private sector plan or a public plan option. The latest polls show 65% of Americans and 62% of doctors support the public option. Use the form below to add your organization's support for a robust public option!

Here's what a strong public option will do for you:

*Ensure your freedom of choice. Without the right to choose what kind of plan is best for you and your family, Americans will continue to be held hostage to the insurance industry.

*Control costs and increase accountability. By forcing the insurance industry to honestly compete in the marketplace, costs will come down.

*Provide access and affordability. A strong public option will mean more Americans have access to the health care options that meet their needs and that they can afford.

A strong public option needs to be:

*National, not different in every state.

*Available on day one, not connected to a trigger. A trigger is the amount of additional failure that legislators would require to see before implementing actual reform measures. In other words, the supporters of a trigger want to see even more Americans to go bankrupt due to medical debt or to die for lack of care before they are willing to do anything to fix it.

*Authorized to establish fair and realistic payment rates for doctors.

*Publicly accountable.

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