DHS proposal to trim RIte Care rolls draws criticism

Please Join Us to Honor
State Representative Ray Sullivan,
SEIU 1199,
and Nancy St. Germain

Guest Speakers to include:

Margarida Jorge, National Field Director for Health Care for America Now (HCAN), formerly of SEIU, AFSCME,
and Missouri ProVote

Jeff Blum, Executive Director of USAction

Monday, June 21st, 2010, 6PM - 8PM
Local 121, Providence

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Historic health reform has passed! The bill is a victory for the American people:

Insurance companies can no longer deny care for pre-existing conditions, charge you more if you’re sick, cap your benefits, sell you junk insurance, or raise rates with impunity.
For the first time, Members of Congress will get their health insurance from the same system regular Americans do.
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32 million uninsured Americans will get affordable coverage, saving over 30,000 lives per year.

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Principles for Health Care Reform:

Rhode Island must preserve RIte Care to serve as a model towards affordable health care for all citizens that controls the escalation of costs and improves health outcomes.

Everyone deserves quality health care coverage without regard to income, employment, age, gender, race, locations, and health conditions.

Small businesses must not be asked to bear an unfair proportion of the cost of providing health insurance.

The health care system should be held accountable to the public through the democratic institutions of government.

Individuals, families, and small businesses deserve to have predictable, stable costs for health care from one year to the next.

All Rhode Islanders deserve to be able to choose their own medical care providers.

We must ensure that Rhode Islanders are receiving the highest quality of care, and that we are investing in new technologies.

Rhode Island health coverage financing should be distributed fairly among employers, individuals, and the federal, state, and local governments. No one should be without coverage due to inability to pay.