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UFCW Take Capitol Hill by Storm from UFCW on Vimeo. (links to outside webpages).

Hundreds of UFCW members from across the country flooded the halls of Congress on June 25, 2009 to tell how the health care crisis has impacted working Americans and to send a strong message to those in Washington that health care reform cannot wait.

UFCW members joined with thousands of health care advocates from other labor unions, community groups, and medical associations for one of the largest health care reform rallies in recent history. The crowd of over 10,000 gathered in Upper Senate Park at 11:30AM to hear Actress Edie Falco, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and other leaders in the health care reform movement speak at the event, which was hosted by Health Care for American Now (HCAN).

See pictures from the rally!!! (links to outside webpage)

THE UFCW BELIEVES THERE ARE THREE KEY COMPONENTS TO HEALTH CARE REFORM:

• THE RESTORATION OF CHOICE AND COST-CONTROLS in the insurance industry through a public health insurance option;

• SHARED RESPONSIBLITY among individuals, employers, insurance companies, and the government;

• NO NEW TAX ON HEALTH BENEFITS that would place additional stress on the already-struggling middle class.

  Visit our partner organization Health Care for America NOW (links to outside webpage) for more information.

  Click here to sign the I Want Health Care Reform NOW petition (links to outside webpage).

  Check back to the Spotlight on Health Care link (left hand column) for additional information on Local 400's activities in the fight for health care reform!