Tell Sen. Burr to Support Health Care Reform
Recently the full U.S. Senate began debating the health care reform bill and the public option. Republican Senators - including North Carolina's Richard Burr - have been threatening to vote against health care reform as a political maneuver.
Just this week a majority of Americans were found to support the public option. Last week hundreds of North Carolinians overwhelmingly called for national health care reform and the public option in Elaine's first issues survey.
We need Senator Burr to work for North Carolinians, and not the insurance lobby.
Join Secretary Elaine Marshall and call for Sen. Richard Burr to vote for the public option. Sign the petition below to send Burr a message today!
0-25 of 1644 signatures
| Number | Date | Name | Location | Send your personal message to Sen. Burr. |
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| 1644 | December 21, 2009 | Robert Coy | Belmont | |
| 1643 | December 21, 2009 | hazel robinson | Durham N.C. | PLEASE, PLEASE SUPPORT THE PUBLIC OPTION! |
| 1642 | December 21, 2009 | jim lonz | matthews | Work for the people , not the corporations!!! |
| 1641 | December 21, 2009 | chris osborne | apex | Senator Burr, Hold your ground. These democrats are soon to be history and once again will ruin America.Stand firm against these Socialist and Obama. |
| 1640 | December 21, 2009 | Juliaette Bridges | Elizabeth City | |
| 1639 | December 21, 2009 | Patricia OConnor | Chapel Hill | Senator Burr,
I am a new resident of North Carolina, having just recently moved from Northern Virginia. I am writing to inform you that my partner and I are in favor of a public option for healthcare. I am disappointed that ELECTED officials on both sides have made a mockery of true reform and passed a bill that will not aid us in any meaningful way. You should be ALL be ashamed--and you should ALL be forced to give up yours and your familys' insurance until you are able to write a meaningful piece of legislation. |
| 1638 | December 21, 2009 | Tom Munk | Carrboro | At least allow a vote. Delaying the Senate's business is outrageous behavior. |
| 1637 | December 20, 2009 | chris khoury | chapel hill | we need health care, similar to what the federal gov offers to its employees. why can't the citizens of this country have the same acess as those in our government?
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| 1636 | December 19, 2009 | jesse king | lexington | kill the public option and we will send these liberal wackos like Elaine Marshal to San Francisco where she belongs. Hell no most North carolinians DO NOT support this socialist agenda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 |
| 1635 | December 19, 2009 | Suzanne Polsky | Apex | |
| 1634 | December 18, 2009 | Allen Spalt | Carrboro | We need thorough health care reform with a robust public option. Despite your stated opposition, I hope you will represent the majority of North Carolinians who favor this approach. |
| 1633 | December 18, 2009 | Howard Keziah | Charlotte | Think of helping other people with a public option. |
| 1632 | December 18, 2009 | Howard Keziah | Charlotte | |
| 1631 | December 18, 2009 | Davi Brick | Yanceyville | I look forward to your retirement |
| 1630 | December 17, 2009 | James Lanier | Wilmington | On behalf of the millions of Americans who cannot afford adequate health care, and the thousands bankrupted each year by their health care expenses, I support a public option. |
| 1629 | December 17, 2009 | Bernadette Chasteen | Durham | The Center for Responsive Politics in Washington reports that heath-care companies have spent an average of $1.5 million dollers EVERY DAY in 2009. I implore you to listen with your heart to your citizens, not to the money. We NEED a pulic option, now. |
| 1628 | December 17, 2009 | Heather READ | Hillsborough | You were not elected to serve yourself. We want the same kind of choice in health care care that you get and it's government-sponsored with plenty of private choice options. Get it? |
| 1627 | December 17, 2009 | Bob Youngblood | Mooresville | Good Morning Senator Burr,
I am writing you to beg you to support the healthcare bill in the Senate. My wife and I cannot afford the health insurance premium we pay each month. And, it pays for a policy with a $5,000 deductable per person as well as only 50% of the covered medical costs. Yes, you guessed it, it is a BCBS of NC policy. The insurance companies are bankrupting middle income americans whether we become ill or not. Won't you please help the American People? |
| 1626 | December 17, 2009 | Marian Stroup | Winston Salem | I am so sick of you politicians. We NEED Public Healthcare. I just lost my insurance and cannot afford to buy it myself. I'm 58 yrs old-without insurance now. I wanted this before I lost my insurance. Now it's even more critical. How about doing whats good for ALL!! We are all in this together. The reason we are a crumbling empire is because we've lost sight of that. How about 'we' instead of 'me' ? Marian Stroup |
| 1625 | December 17, 2009 | Marian Stroup | Winston Salem | I am so sick of you politicians. We NEED Public Healthcare. I just lost my insurance and cannot afford to buy it myself. I'm 58 yrs old-without insurance now. I wanted this before I lost my insurance. Now it's even more critical. How about doing whats good for ALL!! We are all in this together. The reason we are a crumbling empire is because we've lost sight of that. How about 'we' instead of 'me' ? Marian Stroup |
| 1624 | December 16, 2009 | Linda Lander | Brevard | I think everyone has said just about everything I would say to you about voting for the public option. I want to repeat only one thing; the next time you are up for election we will remember how you voted on this bill and if you doh't support what we want and need you will no longer represent us in Washington. This isn't a warning; this is a promise. |
| 1623 | December 16, 2009 | Pat Goodson | shelby | Please STOP voting for lobbyiest and support a public option for HC and help reinstate the prescription bill where Amercians can buy prescriptions outside the US. STOP voting for lobbyiests and do what is right for Americans. We are paying at least 200% sometimes 400% more for prescriptions drugs than other countries so make a change now. Please work with Senator Byron Dorgan and reinstate the bill. In addition, we need a public option for HC that will drive the costs of HC down. I believe everyone in the US that pays taxes is not complaining that our taxes go up, what they complain about is the waste, like the big banks having to be bailed out. If government starts cutting waste, our tax dollars will go a lot farther and that means govrt may have to spend more initially. But look where less govrt got us with the financial system. Let's learn from it and put better oversight in place. Pat GOodson |
| 1622 | December 16, 2009 | Mitchell Russell | Asheville | Don't let insurance companies derail health reform and continue bilking those in need. Support a public option. I'm watching. And I vote. |
| 1621 | December 16, 2009 | Tom Spagnardi | Durham | |
| 1620 | December 15, 2009 | Hugh Mann | Greensboro | Hang in there. I respect your position and it closely aligns with mine. |