{news} Fw: Update: 17 Arrested at Aetna Office in NYC

[Tim McKee]

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From: "Healthcare-NOW!"
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Subject: Update: 17 Arrested at Aetna Office in NYC
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:46:35 -0500

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Seventeen Arrested!

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Join our new campaign of non-violent, civil disobedience targeting the
private health insurance industry.

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Dear Tim:

As the public option dies in the Senate Finance Committee, 17 brave
activists entered the lobby of insurance giant Aetna's offices in New
York City and sat down.

Their demand? The immediate approval of doctor-requested treatment for
life threatening cases. What did they want? Medicare for all: the real
public option that was taken out of the Congressional debate long before
this legislative process started.

We know that the public is with us. We know doctors and nurses are with
us. Now we need to to mobilize. Join the campaign at
www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org.

The New York City action was organized by the Private Health Insurance
Must Go! Coalition, a citywide group of health and human rights
activists.

Healthcare-NOW! is proud to support yesterday's action and the national
campaign that it initiated.

We thank them all for the real sacrifice they made in exposing the
horrors of the private health insurance company: Laurie Wen, Constancia
Dinky Romilly, Ken Bing, Nate Franco, Yonathan Dessalegn, Mary Ellen
Marino, Kate Barnhart, Laura "JD" Melendez, Theresa Lee, Frank Naso,
Donald Grove, Jean Fox, Veda Myers, Joan Pleune, Julia Willis, Kai
Newkirk, and Ellen Bay.

The brave people arrested spent the night in jail, and are still awaiting
release at the time of this email. We respect and applaud their bravery
and their commitment to meaningful reform - single-payer national
healthcare.

Over 400 people have pledged to participate in the nonviolent campaign of
civil disobedience to mobilize the country against the real death panels,
private insurance companies.

Sign up to sit-in or support the sit-in at www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org.

Another way you can help make this campaign successful is with a donation
to help cover organizing expenses. Just click here.

This is the second arrest of non-violent, single-payer supporters at a
private health insurance company office building in recent months. Nine
were arrested at Wellmark's offices in Des Moines, Iowa this past summer.

Here's some news coverage of yesterday's civil disobedience:
New York Times
Life.com
Democracy Now!
Zimbio.com

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Thanks for all that you do,
Healthcare-NOW! National Staff

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