"Big Insurance Makes me Sick" Rallies

Planning "Big Insurance Makes me Sick" Rallies

Date of the event: September 22nd - Time: TBD (should be between 9 am and no later than 3:30 pm to accommodate Media coverage)

The MoveOn.org event planned for September is going to be "Big Insurance Makes me Sick" Rallies

We are looking for people to help us plan this event so please let us know by e-mail if you’d be willing to lend us a hand.

The goal of the Big Insurance: Sick of It Rallies is to highlight the worst abuses of the health insurance industry, thereby putting pressure on congressional targets to support a public health insurance option. The ideal Big Insurance: Sick of It Rally will gain enough media attention that local members of Congress really feel the heat.

The biggest threat to the public health insurance option is private insurance companies, who are spending $1.4 million a day lobbying Congress to block real reform. Insurance companies have made $60 billion over the last eight years alone, and they know that a public health insurance option would force them to compete and drive costs down. Much of the insurance industry's profit comes from denying people coverage--even people who currently have insurance. By shining a bright light on the worst abuses of the insurance industry, we will pressure our targets to stand with their constituents, not the insurance industry lobbyists.
All across the country, MoveOn will organize rallies in front of the offices of health insurance companies that are trying to kill real health insurance reform.
The core of the event is a program of speakers sharing personal stories about how they've been harmed by the health insurance industry and a sizable turnout of members with signs making noise and cheering for the speakers.
We will also build on the success of our "Can't Afford to Wait" photo petition and vigils by asking other participants to make their own "Can't Afford to Wait" signs. And in some places MoveOn will centrally produce large banners to display some of the most compelling "Can't Afford to Wait" images from the photo petition.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

We are looking for at least three and as many as five speakers with compelling personal stories about the abuses of the health insurance industry -- especially experience with the specific health care company we will be targeting, also health care workers talking about their experiences with insurance companies
We also need people to coordinate and supervise many tasks so please let us know if you can help by sending an e-mail to: jc.h.council@gmail.com

Thanks
Rossella Aquila
MoveOn.org Jersey City/Hoboken
Council Coordinator