Trick or Treat?

Charlie Albanetti October 30, 2009 2

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This Halloween it isn’t vampires, werewolves or zombies that we should be afraid of.

Scaring folks around the country this year is the possibility of not winning real health care reform. As both the House and Senate prepare to vote on their health care bills, many Members of Congress remain undecided or against real reform.

This Halloween weekend we need to tell our members of Congress to TREAT us to quality, affordable health care – not TRICK us into thinking the status quo is working for America.

halloweenHCANcanyTake action to win real health care reform this Halloween, and have a little fun while you’re at it.

Here’s how:

  1. Click here to download our “Trick or Treat?” flyer. Print off copies and hand them out while you’re collecting candy door to door, or at your Halloween party. Use it to tell folks to call Congress right now!
  2. Dress up as a doctor and attend your neighborhood or town Halloween events and ask people to call their members of Congress asking them to vote for the health care reform bill.
  3. Take a photo of yourself dressed up as a doctor spreading the message that we need real health care reform now. Send it to us at halloween@citizenactionny.org. We’ll post the best pictures right here on our website.
  4. Deliver Halloween candy to your Congress member’s office with a note saying “Treat Us, Don’t Trick Us, Pass Health Care Reform”.
  5. Call your member of Congress yourself and tell them you are scared of what might be lurking around the corner if health care reform isn’t passed. Let them know you’d much rather be treated than tricked.

This Halloween doesn’t have to be a scary one. Have fun, spread the message, and let us know about what you did by emailing halloween@citizenactionny.org.

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Charlie Albanetti heads the Communications team at Citizen Action of New York, working out of the Albany office. His day to day tasks include web and new media content, email blasting, communications strategy, and general public relations. Charlie can be reached at calbanetti@citizenactionny.org or 518.465.4600 x 121.


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  • jongreenbaum

    Not sure I understand what to do. I'm hearing that Pelosi caved in and is proposing a public option that isn't based on Medicare reimbursement rates. Is that correct? Is it tied to the Medicare provider network? If that is true isn't that a dealbreaker? Doesn't that mean the public option will have no competitive advantage over the private sector? Which means the public sector won't grow? Shouldn't we be pulling the emergency brake on the train over this?

  • jongreenbaum

    Not sure I understand what to do. I'm hearing that Pelosi caved in and is proposing a public option that isn't based on Medicare reimbursement rates. Is that correct? Is it tied to the Medicare provider network? If that is true isn't that a dealbreaker? Doesn't that mean the public option will have no competitive advantage over the private sector? Which means the public sector won't grow? Shouldn't we be pulling the emergency brake on the train over this?