Declare Your Independence

Two hundred and thirty three years ago, our countrymen declared their independence from the tyrannical British Empire.

Today, will you declare your independence from the tyrannical insurance industry and demand the choice of a public health insurance option?

Declare - I Want Health Care Reform NOW - Petition

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We the undersigned declare our independence from insurance companies. We submit the following 16 grievances:

American Public's List of Grievances against Insurance Companies

16 Deplorable and Common Private Insurance Abuses:

1. Insurers Leave Patients with High Out-of-Pocket Costs
2. Insurers Deny Coverage for Medically Necessary Care
3. Insurers Discriminate Against Women
4. Insurers Wrongly Drop People's Coverage
5. Insurers Scam People Through Marketing Abuses
6. Insurers Defraud Taxpayers
7. Insurers Reward Employees for Denying Coverage
8. Insurers Export Dollars Over State Lines to Help Affiliated Companies
9. Insurers Reward CEOs for Bad Practices
10. Insurers Deny Emergency Care
11. Insurers Overcharge Small Businesses
12. Insurers Collude With Some Providers to Drive Up Prices
13. Insurers Prevent Doctors from Delivering Care They Feel Is Best for Their Patients
14. Insurers Delay Reimbursement to Patients and Providers
15. Insurers Deny Rural Americans Good Coverage
16. Insurers Oppose Steps to Create Health Security.

We demand the following:

- Coverage we can afford;
- Comprehensive benefits we can count on;
- Choice of a private or public health insurance plan; and
- Equal access to quality care.

We call on the US Congress to make it so in 2009!

What's at Stake? Click here for more information. (links to outside webpage)