Faster than a toddler crawling toward an uncovered electrical outlet and more powerful than a teenager's social networking skills, moms across the country are fanning out to dispel the unfounded rumors, misconceptions and lies about healthcare reform.
The effort, the SuperMom Healthcare Truth Squad, is spearheaded by MomsRising.org. Chicago, Baltimore, and San Francisco are among the first cities to witness this "mom power," when the cape wearing SuperMom Healthcare Truth Squad arrives today to distribute information about Myths & Truths.
SuperMoms dressed in red capes are distributing powerful truth flyers to passersby to educate them about what healthcare reform will really do and how it will help to ensure the economic security of families across the country.
Join this effort online by Truth Tagging a friend with healthcare reform myths & facts today.
While the SuperMom Healthcare Truth Squad is debuting in Chicago, Baltimore and San Francisco today, this is just a small part of what's going on with moms fighting for healthcare reform right now. Across the country, over the next several weeks thousands of other MomsRising Truth Squad members will do their part by talking to friends, neighbors, and other community members about what healthcare reform will really accomplish; sending emails that explain the real purposes and plans for reform and dispel the myths; and using their school and soccer/sports team lists, along with Facebook and Twitter accounts to spread the truth.
Why do moms care? Not only are families struggling with getting children the healthcare coverage they need for a healthy start, but 7 out of 10 women are either uninsured, underinsured, or are in significant debt due to healthcare costs. In fact, a leading cause of bankruptcy is healthcare costs -- and over 70% of those who do go bankrupt due to healthcare costs had insurance at the start of their illness. Clearly we need healthcare reform!
Healthcare reform is a key economic security issue for mothers and families in our nation. That's why this summer, MomsRising members across the country are also meeting with over 90 in-district U.S. Senate offices to share their experiences with the healthcare system and to convey the message that moms will "not be pacified" until our healthcare system is fixed.
Dozens of highly attended in-district meetings with U.S. Senate offices have already happened in the past couple of weeks. Pictures can be seen here. At these meetings, MomsRising members are sharing their stories, as well as delivering a book of members stories complete with a real pacifier and the message that, "Moms won't be pacified until our healthcare system is fixed." See the book of member stories here.
Why did we start the MomsRising Truth Squad? Well, things were getting so out-of-hand with ridiculous rumors flying, that we at MomsRising decided to add a little levity and, importantly, truth to the situation with moms in capes.
So if you can't wear a cape today, join us in the game of Truth Tag to help put a little truth into the mix of the national dialogue on Healthcare Reform right now: go to this link to tag a friend with the truth and pass it on.
Onward!
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What a brilliant idea. It reminds me of the "Super Amigos" of Mexico! We need iconic heroes to literally save the day.
I am a mother of four, and securing health care for them is a huge priority.
Please check out a new and very important web site community that is in beta test in Seattle, and going national in Nov. that allows moms, and anyone who is underinsured or uninsured to be able to negotiate for reduced fees in health care- with the same high quality doctors they desire.
www.pricedoc.com.
It will not solve everything, but it is going to help mom's everywhere.
Thanks
kari
I am a mom and I have spent the last 10 years reading the fine print and trying to make sense of the insurance policies we have been covered under. We have had employers change plans on us on an annual basis, decreasing coverage and increasing cost. Meanwhile insurance companies overall profit margins have increased in that time.
A public option will force insurers to treat their customers better since they will not have a captive customer base from the employers that are their middle men. A public plan will not have to pay a CEO 10+ million a year and will not need employees to comb through insurance applications to see who they will deny today. They will not have to show a hefty profit since there are no shareholders to keep happy. Sorry, capitalism does not belong in healthcare.
Because of cost-shifting, Medicare and Medicaid, HMO's and PPO's all paying hospitals less than the actual cost of care on a per-patient basis, forcing facilities to jack-up the price they must charge to keep the doors open, even elective surgeries can mount up a bill close to six-figures.
I say, "You GO, girls!" The political power potential of "moms", were they ALL to organize into a united front, is capable of pushing any agenda deemed worthy of their efforts. As we all watch with morbid curiosity as the GOP self-destructs, imploding in on itself under the gravity of an ever-increasing critical mass of stupidity, we wonder if the power vacuum that must surely follow in the course of the next decade might be filled by a new, emerging political party.
A party like the American Family Party (or an equally appropriate name) representing the aggregate political agenda of Super Moms, and dedicated to taking back the federal government, to realigning it in the interests of children and the family, and away from the interests of money and the corporation.
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The Lord helps those who help themselves.
Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, Lobbyists, Politicians please note:
Lord help those, who get caught helping themselves.
Geesh!