Speak UP for Health Care Reform!

Share Your Health Care Story

Please click here to share your personal health care or health insurance story so we can educate our local communty on why reform is necessary.

Those who wish to share their stories, but not have them published on this site, are welcomed to send them to Barbara Upton of HVPC at: anahatasun@aol.com.

Thank you, and let’s keep working together for genuine health care reform now!

Organizing for America Listening Tour

6-8pm, Thu. Sep. 3rd
Pougkeepsie (location TBD)

At the Organizing for America (OFA) local Listening Tour stop, you’ll get a chance to learn about OFA’s goals and accomplishments, hear about some lessons learned during the election, and offer your thoughts on how we can organize New York going forward. Your ideas will be used to write a New York-specific plan for Organizing for America. That includes working to fix our deeply broken health care system that has denied many Americans the care they need for far too long.

Sign up now to attend this Listening Tour stop (120 people have RSVPed so far–make sure your voice is heard too!). http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/listeningtour/gpfz73

Bus for Health Care Reform (NYC to

9am, Sat., Aug. 29th

Tom Predhome of NYC is organizing a bus trip to PA from NYC to press the PA congressional delegation to support health care reform.

Depart from Port Authority Bus Terminal (South Terminal, 8th Ave. betw’n 40th & 41st Sts.). The bus to Easton should depart from Gate 4 or 6. Bus tickets are $36.05 round trip. Return buses are at 4:05 and 6:10 pm, arriving back in the city at 5:55 and 8:00 pm, respectively.

For more info contact: Tom Predhome, (917) 723-3442

Public Option NOW! Vigil in New Paltz & Kingston

7pm, Wed., September 2nd

New Paltz, NY:
in front of Elting Library, 93 Main St.

Kingston, NY:
Hannaford Supermarket sidewalk on 9W, 1261 Ulster Ave

From event hosts Barbara & Michael: Please join us in this nationwide action to show Congress that a majority of Americans want a robust public option that will provide needed competition to the insurance industry, lower costs and provide quality health care to all Americans. Single payer advocates are welcome too! The radical right is currently winning this with lies and fear. We need big numbers to show that most want meaningful reform, otherwise the insurance companies will win again. We also hope media will be there. If you’re for single payer, please let them know why.

Sponsored by New Paltz Women in Black, Ulster County MoveOn Council and HVPC
Please sign up here for New Paltz. http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=96356 .
Please sign up here for Kingston. http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=98012

Hudson Valley for Obama Poll

Should Hudson Valley for Obama join other Obama groups in New York State in petitioning President Obama for a strong public option that must be included in any health care bill he signs?

Click here to respond